Chinese

3rd millennium BCE (Neolithic)

3rd millennium BC (Neolithic)

ca. 2000 BC

13th-12th century BC (Han dynasty)

12th century BCE

12th-11th century BCE (Shang dynasty)

11th-10th century BC (Han?)

11th-10th century BC

late 11th century BC

6th-5th century BC

6th century BC

6th-5th century BC

ca. 5th century BCE (Eastern Zhou dynasty (771–221 BCE))

5th-4th century BC

5th-4th century BCE (Eastern Zhou dynasty (771–221 BCE))

ca. 4th century BC

5th-3rd century BCE

4th-2nd century BCE

ca. 3rd-2nd century BC

3rd-2nd century BCE

3rd century BC (Han)

3rd–2nd century BCE

206 BC-220 (Han)

206 BC-220 (Han)

206 BC-220

206 BC-220 (Han?)

2nd century (?)

1st-2nd century (Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE))

2nd century (?)

2nd century (?)

12th-13th century

19th century