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How old is the history of China?
China has a history of about five thousand years.

If the period of the Yellow Emperor is around 2700 BC, then the history of China is around 4700 years, and if rounded to the nearest hundred, it is 5000 years. The history of China refers to the history of China from Pangu Tiankai to 2 1 century.

China has a long history, which is about 5,000 years from the mythical times such as Pangu, Nuwa and Houyi. It is about 4600 years since the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. About 4 100 years since Xia dynasty; It is about 2200 years since the first unified centralized Qin Dynasty in China.

Chinese dynasty order table

Xia dynasty? Shang dynasty? Zhou dynasty, western Zhou dynasty, Eastern Zhou Dynasty (Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period)? Qin dynasty, Xi Chu, Han Dynasty, Western Han Dynasty,? The new dynasty, xuanhan, Eastern Han Dynasty? Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei, Wu Zhou), Jin Dynasty, Western Jin Dynasty, (Eastern Jin Dynasty, Wuhu Sixteen Countries), Southern and Northern Dynasties, Southern Dynasties (Song, Qi, Liang, Chen); Northern Dynasties (Northern Wei, Eastern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Qi, Northern Zhou) Sui Dynasty? Tang dynasty.

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (Five Dynasties: Hou Liang, Later Tang Dynasty, Later Jin Dynasty, Later Han Dynasty and Later Zhou Dynasty; Ten countries: Nanwu, Qianshu, wuyue, Chu, Fujian, Nanhan, Jingnan, Houshu, Nantang and Beihan), Song Dynasty (Northern Song Dynasty, Southern Song Dynasty), Liao, Xixia, Jin, Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty.