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Circa 2070 BC

Start of Xia dynasty period

Circa 1600 BC

Start of Shang Dynasty

Circa 1050 BC

Zhou conquest of Shang

771 BC

Western Zhou capital destroyed

475 BC

Start of Warring States Period

221 BC

Qin Dynasty Established

207 BC

End of Qin Dynasty

202 BC

Han Dynasty Established

Between 9 and 23

Wang Mang interregnum

220

End of Han Dynasty; Cao Wei established

266

Jin Dynasty established; end of Cao Wei

280

Eastern Wu conquered by Jin

304

Start of Sixteen Kingdoms period

316

Jin capital of Chang'an captured

318

Eastern Jin established at Nanjing

420

End of Jin Dynasty

439

Northern Wei reunifies northern China

581

Sui Dynasty established

589

Sui Dynasty reunifies China

618

Tang Dynasty established

622

Muhammad flees to Medina

632

Death of Muhammad; Abu Bakr chosen as Caliph

644

Assassination of Umar

656

Assassination of Uthman

Between 656 and 661

First Fitna

661

Assassination of Ali; Umayyad Caliphate established

Between 711 and 719

Umayyad conquest of Iberia

Between 740 and 743

Berber Revolt

Between 747 and 750

Abbasid Revolution

750

Abbasid Caliphate established

751

Battle of Talas

Between 755 and 763

An Lushan Rebellion

756

Emirate of Córdoba established

Between 756 and 788

Reign of Abd al-Rahman in Córdoba

762

Baghdad founded by al-Mansur

778

Battle of Roncevaux Pass

Between 786 and 809

Reign of Harun al-Rashid

Between 811 and 833

Reign of al-Ma'mum; House of Wisdom founded

Between 833 and 842

Reign of al-Mu'tasim

Between 861 and 870

"Anarchy at Samarra": Turkish guards play Caliphal whack-a-mole

Between 869 and 883

Zanj Rebellion

907

End of Tang Dynasty

960

Song Dynasty established

1037

Seljuks occupy Merv

1071

Battle of Manzikert

1127

Jurchens capture Kaifeng

1194

Last Seljuk sultan defeated by Khwarazmian Empire

1258

Mongol sack of Baghdad

1271

Yuan Dynasty established

1279

Mongols conquer Southern Song

1368

End of Yuan dynasty; Ming dynasty established

1644

End of Ming dynasty; Qing dynasty established

1912

End of Qing dynasty

2100

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Three Kingdoms Period

Sixteen Kingdoms Period

Warring States Period

Xia Dynasty Period

Spring and Autumn Period

Northern and Southern Dynasties

Western Zhou Period

Umayyad Caliphate

Abbasid Caliphate

Rashidun Caliphate

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