Neolithic period  (ca. 6000-1600 BC)

ca.6000 BC: Xinglongwa culture
ca.4700-2500 BC: Hongshan culture                               
ca. 4500-4000 BC: Zhaobaogou culture
ca. 4500-4000 BC: ChaHai culture
ca. 3000-1500 BC: Yangshao culture                               
ca. 4500-2500 BC: Dawenkou culture
ca. 2500-1700 BC: Longshan culture
ca. 5000-4500 BC: Hemudu culture
ca. 5000-4000 BC: Majiabang culture                            
ca. 4000-3000 BC: Songze culture
ca. 3000-2000 BC: Liangzhu culture                                      
ca. 4000-3300 BC: Daxi culture
ca. 2500-2000 BC: Shijiahe culture
ca. 3000-2000 BC: Shixia culture
ca. 2000-1600 BC: Erlitou period  and  XIA

Dynastic Era ( 1600 BC - 1911 AD)

ca. 1600-1050 BC: Shang Dynasty
ca. 1050-771 BC: Western Zhou period
770-221 BC: Eastern Zhou period
770-475 BC: Spring and Autumn Period
475-221 BC: Warring States Period
221-206 BC: Qin Dynasty
206 BC- AD 220: Han Dynasty
265-589: Six Dynasties
589-618: Sui Dynasty
618-906: Tang Dynasty
960-1279: Song Dynasty
1279-1368: Yuan Dynasty
1368-1644: Ming Dynasty
1644-1911: Ching (Qing) Dynasty
1911-1949: The Republic of China
1949- The People's Republic of China