The order of the five thousand years of Chinese dynasties should be: Xia dynasty Shang Dynasty the Western Zhou Dynasty (c. 11th century-771 B.C.) Eastern Zhou the Spring and Autumn Qin Dynasty the Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C. -A.D. 24) the Eastern Han Dynasty (25 - 220) the Three Kingdoms Western Jin Eastern Jin Dynasty northern and southern Dynasties Sui Dynasty Tang dynasty Five Dynasties and ten Kingdoms Song Dynasty Yuan Dynasty Ming Dynasty Qing Dynasty