Jangka masa tamadun China dan Peta-peta

2500 BC						Neolithic China Shang Dynasty China Zhou Dynasty China Han Dynasty China Period of Division Sui Dynasty China Tang Dynasty China Five Dynasties China Song Dynasty China Yuan Dynasty China Ming Dynasty China Qing Dynasty China People's Republic of China
.					Neolithic tomb at Dawenkou
2000 BC
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1500 BC		Shang ca 1600- 1000
.					Shang tomb of Fu Hao
1000 BC
.		Zhou ca 1000- 256 BC			Zhou tomb of Count Yu
500 BC
.					Warring States tomb of Marquis Yi
200 BC
.		Han 206 BC- AD 220
100 BC
.					Han tomb of Liu Sheng
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100 AD
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200
.		Period of Division 220-581
300
.					Famous calligraphers
400
.					Buddhist cave temples
500					Buddhist sculpture and painting
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600		Sui
.		Tang 618-906
700					Buddhist images
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800					Famous calligraphers
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900
.		5 Dynasties
1000		Song 960-1276			Military technology
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1100					Paintings
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1200
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1300		Yuan			Paintings
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1400		Ming 1368-1644
.					Hardwood furniture
1500
.					Elegant gardens
1600
.		Qing 1644-1911
1700					Clothing
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1800
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1900
.					Clothing
1925					Advertising
.					Woodcuts
1950		PRC			Buddhist worship
.					Ordinary homes
1975					Political posters
.					Fayuan temple
2000					Minorities
					Modern Calligraphy