Period of Chinese history (220–589), beginning with the Three Kingdoms period, followed by the Western Jin dynasty, the Five Barbarians and Sixteen Kingdoms period, and the Northern and Southern Dynasties period. It began in 220 CE and lasted until 589 CE (about 369 years). It was part of the Chinese Empire.
Before and after
- 212 CEConstitutio Antoniniana
- 216 CEConstruction of Baths of Caracalla
- from 220 CE to 280 CEThree Kingdoms
- from 220 CE to 638 CEGhassanids
- from 220 CE to 589 CEWei, Jin, Southern and Northern dynasties
- from 224 CE to 651 CESasanian Empire
- from 229 CE to 233 CEFirst Mesopotamian campaign of Ardashir I
- c. 233 CEEruption of Taupo
- from 235 CE to 284 CECrisis of the Third Century
More in Civilizations & archaeology
- c. 1,200 BCEIron Age
- c. 700s BCEConstruction of Great Wall of China
- from 206 BCE to 220 CEHan dynasty
- 19 BCEConstruction of Western Wall
- 81 CEConstruction of Colosseum
- from 476 CE to 1492Middle Ages
The era
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