Early and late Neolithic period ca. 8.000 - 2.000 B.C.
		Early Historic period 2.000 – 1.000 B.C.
		Eastern and Western Zhou Dynasties, Western Han Dynasty 1.000 B.C. – 1 A.D.
		Eastern Han Dynasty, Period of Northern and Southern Dynasties 1 – 500 A.D.
		Liang Dynasty (South China), Tang Dynasty, Liao Dynasty (North China) 500 – 1.000 A.D.
		Song, Yuan en Ming Dynasties 1.000 – 1.400 A.D.
		Ming Dynasty 1.400 – 1.600 A.D.
		Ming en Qing Dynasties 1.600 – 1.800 A.D.
		Qing Dynasty 1.800 – 1.900 A.D.
		Qing Dynasty, Republic period and The Peoples Republic 1.900 A.D. - Present