TABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL CHINESE DYNASTIES
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Legendary Chinese history extends from the twenty-ninth to the tenth century B.C., the first dynasty emerging from the mists being the
Chow dynasty 1122 to 249 B.C.
Han dynasty 206 B.C. to 220 A.D.
Tang dynasty 618 A.D. to 906 A.D.
Sung dynasty 960 A.D. to 1279 A.D.
Yuan (the Mongol) 1280 A.D. to 1367 A.D.
Ming 1368 A.D. to 1643 A.D.
Ching, or Ts’ing (Manchu) 1643 to the present day.