Exhibition Brochure Introduction | Late Prehistoric | Bronze Age | Chu Culture | Early Imperial | Timeline
Timeline of cultures, dynasties, and archaeological sites represented in the exhibition
| Late Prehistoric China | |
| c. 5000-3000 B.C. | Yangshao culture |
| c. 4700-2920 B.C. | Hongshan culture |
| c. 4300-2500 B.C. | Dawenkou culture |
| c. 3300-2200 B.C. | Liangzhu culture |
| c. 3300-2050 B.C. | Majiayao culture |
| c. 2500-2000 B.C. | Shandong Longshan culture |
| c. 2500-1900 B.C. | Taosi Longshan culture |
Bronze Age China | |
| c. 2000-1500 B.C. | Lower Xiajiadian culture |
| c. 1900-1500 B.C. | Erlitou culture |
| c. 1600-1050 B.C. | Shang dynasty |
| c. 1300-1100 B.C. | Tomb at Dayangzhou |
| c. 1200 B.C. | Royal Tomb of Fu Hao at Anyang |
| c. 1300-1100 B.C. | Sacrificial Pits at Sanxingdui |
| c. 1050-771 B.C. | Western Zhou dynasty |
| c. 1000-850 B.C. | Cemeteries from the Western Zhou |
| capital at Xi'an | |
| Hoard no. 1 at Zhuangbai, Fufeng | |
| c. 900-771 B.C. | Tombs of the Lords of Jin at Beizhao |
Chu and other cultures | |
| 770-221 B.C. | Eastern Zhou dynasty |
| 770-476 B.C. | Spring and Autumn period |
| c. 550 B.C. | Tomb of the Chu official Peng at Xiasi |
| 475-221 B.C. | Warring States period |
| c. 433 B.C. | Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng |
| c. 350 B.C. | Tomb of the Chu aristocrat Pan Cheng at Tianxingguan |
| early 3rd century | Tomb of a Chu noblewoman at Mashan |
| 316 B.C. | Tomb of Shao Tuo at Baoshan |
| 308 B.C. | Tomb of King Cuo of Zhongshan |
| at Pingshan | |
Early Imperial China | |
| 221-207 B.C. | Qin dynasty |
| 206 B.C. | Tomb of the First Emperor near Xi'an |
| 206 B.C.-A.D. 24 | Western Han dynasty |
| 122 B.C. | Tomb of Zhao Mo, King of Nanyue |
| 113 B.C. | Tomb of Prince Liu Sheng at Mancheng |
| 386-534 | Northern Wei dynasty |
| Qiji Monastery at Qingzhou | |
| 534-550 | Eastern Wei dynasty |
| 550-577 | Northern Qi dynasty |
| Longxing Monastery at Qingzhou | |
| 618-907 | Tang dynasty |
| Famen Monastery at Fufeng | |
| 724 | Tomb of Princess Jinxiang at Xi'an |
| 8th century | Tomb at Hansenzhai |
| 907-923 | Later Liang dynasty |
| 924 | Tomb of Wang Chuzhi at Quyang |