Chinese Chronology


1523 - 1027 B.C.

Shang dynasty (according to Bamboo Annals)


1027 - 721 B.C.

Western Chou dynasty


770 - 256 B.C.

Eastern Chou dynasty


551 - 479 B.C.

Traditional dates of Confucius


c. 500 B.C.

Beginning of the Iron Age in China


403 - 221 B.C.

Age of the Warring States


223 B.C.

Ch'in annihilates Ch'u


221 - 207 B.C.

Ch'in dynasty


reprinted from The Columbia History of the World, 1972, published by Harper & Row, edited by John A. Garraty & Peter Gay

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