Yellow River civilization

Ancient Chinese civilization Yellow River basin Stone sickle, Peiligang culture (7000–5000 BC) Model of a Yangshao culture village (4800–2500 BC) Vessel of the Dawenkou culture (4300–2400 BC） Part of a series on theHistory of China Timeline Dynasties Historiography Prehistoric Paleolithic (c. 2.43 Ma – c. 12 ka) Mesolithic (c. 10 – c. 7 ka) Neolithic (c. 8500 – c. 2000 BCE) Yellow, Yangtze, and Liao civilization Ancient Xia (c. 2070 – c. 1600 BCE) Shang (c. 1600 – c. 1046 BCE) Late Shang (c. 1250 – c. 1046 BCE) Zhou (c. 1046 – c. 256 BCE) Western Zhou (c. 1046 – c. 771 BCE) Eastern Zhou (c. 771 – c. 256 BCE) Spring and Autumn (c. 770 – c. 476 BCE) Warring States (c. 475 – c. 221 BCE) Imperial Qin (221–207 BCE) Han (202 BCE – 220 CE) Chu–Han Contention (206–202 BCE) Western Han (202 BCE – 9/25 CE) Xin (9–23 CE) Eastern Han (25–220 CE) Three Kingdoms (220–280 CE) Wei, Shu Han, and Wu Jin (266–420) Western Jin (266–316) Eastern Jin (317–420) Sixteen Kingdoms (304–439) Northern andSouthern dynasties (420–589) Sui (581–618) Tang (618–907) Wu Zhou (690–705) Five Dynasties andTen Kingdoms (907–979) Song (960–1279) Northern