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Ancient China

With a history of over 5000 years, China has a profound and mysterious history. Like other great civilizations, China experienced rise and fall of every great dynasty and accumulated abundant valuables in every respect, attracting people all over the world to explore year upon year. Despite periods of turbulence and disunity, China enabled herself to grow, to expand, to integrate, to forbear, to learn, and to develop, and ultimately, becomes a great country we see today.

ChinaTouristMap.com provides a selection of maps of ancient China for you, from the culturally budding Zhou Dynasty to decaying Qing Dynasty.

Click the timeline to view detailed and specific maps of all dynasties!

Timeline of Chinese Dynasties

Dynasty	Period
Xia Dynasty	21th – 16th Century BC
Shang Dynasty	16th – 11th Century BC
Zhou Dynasty	Western Zhou Dynasty (1045 BC – 771 BC)
	Eastern Zhou Dynasty	Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC – 476 BC)
		Warring States Period (475 BC – 221 BC)
Qin Dynasty	221 BC – 206 BC
Han Dynasty	Western Han Dynasty (206 BC – 24 AD)
	Eastern Han Dynasty (25 AD – 220 AD)
Three Kingdoms Period	220 AD – 280 AD
Jin Dynasty	Western Jin Dynasty (265 AD – 316 AD)
	Eastern Jin Dynasty (317 AD – 420 AD)
Sixteen Kingdoms Period	304 AD – 439 AD
Southern and Northern Dynasties	Southern Dynasties (420 AD – 589 AD)
	Northern Dynasties (386 AD – 581 AD)
Sui Dynasty	581 AD – 618 AD
Tang Dynasty	618 AD – 907 AD
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms	Five Dynasties (907 AD – 960 AD)
	Ten Kingdoms (902 AD – 979 AD)
Song Dynasty	Northern Song Dynasty (960 AD – 1127 AD)
	Southern Song Dynasty (1127 – 1279 AD)
Yuan Dynasty (Mongol Empire)	1206 AD – 1368 AD
Ming Dynasty	1368 AD – 1644 AD
Qing Dynasty (Manchu Dynasty)	1616 AD- 1911 AD

Maps of Ancient China

Timeline of Chinese Dynasties

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