There were three dynasties earlier than the Xia Dynasty. They were the Yu Dynasty, the Shang Dynasty, and the Zhou Dynasty.
There was a debate about whether there were other dynasties before the Xia Dynasty. Some historians believed that there was a dynasty before the Xia Dynasty, the Yu Dynasty. They cited some ancient books and records to support this view. For example,"Left Turn" recorded the existence of the Yu, Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties. Han Feizi's Xianxue also mentioned the existence of Yu and Xia dynasties for more than 2000 years. In addition, some scholars pointed out that there was no dynasty before the Xia Dynasty, only the period of tribal alliances. Therefore, there was no definite answer to the question of whether there was a dynasty before the Xia Dynasty.
The Xia Dynasty had a total of 17 emperors.
The dynasties that were earlier than the Xia Dynasty were the Yu Dynasty, the Shang Dynasty, and the Zhou Dynasty.
The opening lines of the Xia Dynasty were: Xia, Shang and Western Zhou, Eastern Zhou divided into two parts; Spring and Autumn and Warring States, unified Qin and Han; divided into three parts, Wei, Shu and Wu, extended before and after the Second Jin; Northern and Southern Dynasties coexisted, Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties; Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing, the dynasty ended here.
There were 19 dynasties in Chinese history: 1 Xia Dynasty (21st century B.C. -16th century B.C.) 2. Shang Dynasty (16th century B.C. -11th century B.C.) 3. Western Zhou (c. 11th century B.C. -771 B.C.) 4. Eastern Zhou (771 B.C. -256 A.D.) Spring and Autumn Warring States Period (770 - 221) 6. Qin Dynasty (221 - 206) 7 Western Han Dynasty (206 - 9 AD) 8 Eastern Han (25 - 220 AD) 9 Three Kingdoms (220 - 280 AD) 10 Western Jin Dynasty (265 - 316 AD) Eastern Jin Dynasty (317 - 420) 12 Northern and Southern Dynasties (420 - 589) 13 Sui Dynasty (581 - 618) 14 Tang Dynasty (618 - 907) Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (907 - 960) Song Dynasty (960 - 1279) 17 Yuan Dynasty (1271 - 1368) 18 Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644) Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1912) The length of each dynasty was different. Some dynasties only lasted for a few hundred years, while others lasted for thousands of years. At the same time, each dynasty had several emperors. Some dynasties only had one emperor, while others had many emperors.
The four dynasties of the Southern Dynasty were Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen.
The dynasty before the Northern and Southern Dynasties was the Jin Dynasty, and the dynasty after the Northern and Southern Dynasties was the Sui Dynasty.
What dynasties were there before and after the Northern and Southern Dynasties? The Northern and Southern Dynasties was the Jin Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty.
There were 17 emperors in the Xia Dynasty: Yu, Qi, Taikang, Zhongkang, Xiang, Shaokang, Zhu, Huai, Mang, Xie, Bujiang, Jiong, Yi, Kongjia, Gao, Fa, and Jie.