China is an old nation with 5000 years history, hey, you maybe not interest in every detail of its history, but here you can have the basic and important dynasties with some interesting events to learn:
ancient China
Xia: 2194 BC -1600 BC Bronze Age in China
Shang: 1675 BC - 1046 BC most famous crucial tyrant in this history- - King YinZhou
Western Zhou: 1034 BC - 771 BC
Eastern Zhou: 770 BC - 246 BC Laozi and Confucius : the main Chinese culture mainly derives from this great philosopher.
Imperial China
Qin: 361 BC - 206 BC The King Yingzheng made China in unification for the first time.
Construction of the Great Wall of China begins
Western Han: 206 BC – 8 Chang'an (Now Xi’an) becomes the eastern terminus of the Silk Road connecting to Europe
Eastern Han: 23-220 This age with Western Han have the most flourishing culture which forms the basic culture of the Chinese nation. That’s the reason why do Chinese call themselves as Han people
Three Kingdoms: 221- 280 Introduction of Buddhism into China
Wei, Jin and Southern and Northern dynasties: 256 - 581
Sui: 581-617
Tang:618-907 In these period, China is the most prosperous country in the world
Wu Zetian is the the only woman in the history of China to assume the title of Empress Regnant, and the one who really rule the country with her own hand.
Five Dynasties& ten Kingdoms Period: 907- 980
Liao: in north China 907–1125 Actually it is an empire in East Asia that ruled over Mongolia and portions of Kazakhstan, the Russian Far East.
Song: in south China 960–1279 : Voyage of Marco Polo begins
Yuan: 1260-1368 Ruled by Mongolian
Ming: 1368- 1644
Qing: 1644-1911 Ruled by Manchu(The Man ethnic minority in northeast China)