Chinese Dynasties and Intervening Chaotic Periods
China's history show periods of 200-400 years when China was united under a ruling dynasty (although some dynasties such a Qin and Sui lasted less than 50 years) But interspersed between these dynastic periods were the periods when war and famine ruled the land with China breaking up into small states and kingdoms controlled by warlords and even non-Han Chinese rulers. Examples: Spring and Autumn Period, Warring States Period, Three Kingdoms Period, 5 Dynasties and 10 Kingdoms Period and so on. For those interested in China's history these intervening periods can be very confusing. Particularly when all these small states and kingdoms try to inherit legitimacy by adopting the names of past glorious dynasties. So you get Western Xia, Later Tang, Later Liang, Eastern Jin and many others. The two full-color .png in the form of a table shows the dynasties and intervening periods with information on the years they existed, the Founder of the dynastie...