Editing List of time periods (section)

== Asian periods ==
{{Further|History of Asia}}

=== Chinese periods ===
{{Further|History of China}}
'''Bronze Age China'''

'''Archaic China'''
* [[Shang dynasty]] (1600–1046 BC)
* [[Zhou dynasty]] (1046–256 BC)
** [[Western Zhou]] (1046–771 BC)
** [[Eastern Zhou]] (771–256 BC)
*** [[Spring and Autumn period]] (771–476 BC)
*** [[Warring States period]] (476–221 BC)
* [[Qin dynasty]] (221–206 BC)
'''Antiquity'''
* [[Han dynasty]] (206 BC – 220 AD)
** [[Western Han]] (206 BC – 2 AD)
** [[Xin dynasty]] (9–23 AD)
** [[Eastern Han]] (25–220 AD)
* [[Six Dynasties]] (220–580)
** [[Three Kingdoms]] (220–265)
** [[Jin dynasty (266–420)]]
** [[Southern and Northern Dynasties]] (420–580)
'''Medieval China'''
* [[Sui dynasty]] (580–618)
* [[Tang dynasty]] (623–907)
* [[Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period]] (907–960)
* [[Song dynasty]] (960–1279)
** [[Song dynasty#Northern Song, 960–1127|Northern Song]] (960–1127), [[Liao dynasty]] (907–1115)
** [[Western Xia]] dynasty (1038–1227)
** [[Song dynasty#Southern Song, 1127–1279|Southern Song]] (1127–1279), [[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)]]
'''Mongol China'''
* [[Yuan dynasty]] (1271–1368)
'''Late Dynastic Period'''
* [[Ming dynasty]] (1368–1644)
* [[Qing dynasty]] (1644–1911)
'''Modern China'''
* [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]] (1912–1949)
** [[Xinhai Revolution]] (1911–1912)
** [[Warlord Era]] (1918–1927)
'''Contemporary China'''
* [[Chinese Civil War]] (1927–1936/1946–1950)
* [[Second Sino-Japanese War]] (1937–1945)
'''Post-Contemporary China'''{{clarify|date=June 2023}}
* [[China|People's Republic of China]] and [[Taiwan]] (1949–present)

=== Indian periods ===
{{Further|History of India|History of South Asia}}

[[File:Timeline of Indian history.jpg|600px|Timeline of Indian history.]]

* '''[[South Asian Stone Age]]'''
** [[Periodisation of the Indus Valley Civilisation|Pre-Harappan]]
*** [[Mehrgarh]]
* '''[[Bronze Age India]]''' (3340 BC – 1350 BC)
** [[Indus Valley Civilization]]
*** [[Early Harappan]]
*** [[Periodisation of the Indus Valley Civilisation|Early Mature Harappan]]
*** [[Mature Harappan]]
*** [[Late Harappan]]
**** [[Punjab Phase]]
**** [[Jhukar Phase]]
**** [[Rangpur Phase]]
*** [[Periodisation of the Indus Valley Civilisation|Final Harappan]]
* '''[[Iron Age in India]]''' (1350 BC – 200 BC) 
** ''[[Vedic period]]'' (1350 BC – 500 BC): [[Mahajanapadas]] 
** ''[[Magadha period]]'' (c.500 BC – c.750 AD): [[Nanda Empire|Nandas]], [[Mauryan empire|Mauryans]], [[Shunga Empire|Shungas]] 
* '''[[Classical India]]''' (200 BC – 500 AD)
** ''[[Sangam period]]'' (300 BC – 600 AD): [[Chola dynasty|Cholas]], [[Chalukya dynasty|Chalukyas]], [[Pallava dynasty|Pallavas]] and [[Pandya dynasty|Pandyans]]
** ''[[Golden Age of India|Golden period]]'': [[Kushan empire|Kushans]] (50 AD – 220 AD), [[Satavahana dynasty|Satavahanas]] (230 BC – 220 AD), [[Gupta Empire|Guptas]] (320 AD – 535 AD) and [[Vakataka dynasty|Vakatakas]] (300AD – 650 AD)
* '''[[Medieval India|Medieval Age in India]]''' (500–1526)
** ''[[Tripartite struggle|Tripartite period]]'' (c.750 – c.900): [[Pala Empire|Palas]], [[Rashtrakuta dynasty|Rashtrakutas]] and [[Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty|Gurjaras]]
** ''[[Muslim period in the Indian subcontinent|Muslim period]]'' (712–1857): [[Delhi Sultanate|Delhi]], [[Bengal Sultanate|Bengal]], [[Bahmani Sultanate|Bahmani]] and [[Gujarat Sultanate|Gujarat sultanates]]
** [[Vijayanagara Empire]] (1336–1646), [[Gajapati Empire]] (1434–1541) and [[kingdom of Mewar]] (1325–1448)
* '''Modern Age in India''' (1526 – present)
** [[Mughal Empire]] (1526–1857)
** [[Maratha Empire]] (1674–1818)
** ''[[Colonial India|Colonial period]]'': [[British Raj]] (1858 – 1947)
** [[History of the Republic of India|Independence]] (1947 – present)

=== Iranian periods ===
{{Further|History of Iran}}
'''[[Prehistory of Iran|Prehistoric Iran]]'''

'''Ancient age''':
*[[Medes]] (1000 -550 BC)
* [[Achaemenid Empire]] (550 –330 BC)
* [[Wars of Alexander the Great|Greek occupation of Persia]] (330 –312 BC):
* [[Seleucid Empire]] (312 – 63 BC)
* [[Parthian Empire]] (247 BC – 224 AD)
* [[Sassanid Empire]] (224 – 651 AD)

'''Medieval age''':
* [[Muslim conquest of Persia|Persia under Caliphates]] (651 – 820 AD)
* [[Iranian Intermezzo]] (c.820 – 1037): [[Tahirid dynasty|Tahirids]] (821 to 873), [[Saffarid dynasty|Saffarids]] (861 to 1003), [[Samanid Empire|Samanids]] (819 to 999) and [[Buyid dynasty|Buyids]] (934 to 1062)
* [[Seljuk Empire]] (1037–1194)
* [[Khwarazmian Empire]] (1194–1219)
* [[Mongol invasion of Persia|Mongol occupation of Persia]] (1219 –1256)
* [[Ilkhanate]] (1256–1335)
* Disintegration of the Ilkhanate (1335–1370): [[Jalayirid Sultanate|Jalayirids]], [[Chobanids]], [[Muzaffarids (Iran)|Muzaffarids]], [[Injuids]], [[Sarbadars]], and [[Kart dynasty|Kartids]]
* [[Timurid Empire]] (1370–1507) and [[Aq Qoyunlu]] (1378–1501)

'''Modern age''':
* [[Safavid Iran]] (1501–1736)
* [[Afsharid Iran]] (1736 –c.1750)
* [[Zand dynasty|Zand Iran]] (1750–1794)
* [[Qajar Iran]] (1794–1925)
* [[Pahlavi Iran]] (1925–1979)
* [[Iran|Islamic Republic of Iran]] (1979–present)

=== Japanese periods ===
{{Further|History of Japan}}

'''Archaic Japan'''
* [[Jōmon period]] (10,501 BC – 400 BC)
* [[Yayoi period]] (450 BC – 250 AD)
* [[Kofun period]] (250–600)
'''Feudal Japan'''
* [[Asuka period]] (643–710)
* [[Nara period]] (743–794)
* [[Heian period]] (795–1185)
* [[Kamakura period]] (1185–1333)
'''Samurai Japan'''
* [[Muromachi period]] (1333–1573){{sfn|Bowman|2000|pages=118–161}}
* [[Azuchi–Momoyama period]] (1573–1603)
'''Modern Japan'''
* [[Edo period]] (1603–1868)
* [[Meiji period]] (1868–1912)
* [[Taishō period]] (1912–1926)
'''Contemporary Japan'''
* [[Shōwa period]] (1926–1989)
** [[Post-occupation Japan|Post-occupation era]] (1952 – present)
* [[Heisei period]] (1989–2019)
* [[Reiwa period]] (2019–present)

=== Mesopotamian periods ===
{{Further|History of the Middle East|History of Mesopotamia}}
'''Archaic Period'''
* [[Mesopotamia]]
** [[Samarra culture]]
** [[Hassuna culture]]
** [[Halaf-Ubaid Transitional period]]
** [[Ubaid period]]
** [[Uruk period]]
** [[Jemdet Nasr period]] (3100 BC – 2900 BC)
** [[Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)|Early Dynastic Period]] (2900 BC – 2270 BC)
** [[Akkadian Empire]] (2270 BC – 2083 BC)
** [[Gutian dynasty of Sumer|Gutian dynasty]] (2083 BC – 2050 BC)
** [[Third Dynasty of Ur|Ur III period]] (2050 BC – 1940 BC)
** [[First Babylonian dynasty]] (1830 BC – 1531 BC), [[Hittites]] (1800 BC – 1178 BC)
** [[Kassites]] (1531 BC – 1135 BC), [[Mitanni]] (1500 BC – 1300 BC)
** [[Neo-Assyrian Empire]] (934 BC – 609 BC)
** [[Neo-Babylonian Empire]] (626 BC – 539 BC), [[Medes]] (678 BC – 549 BC)
'''Imperial Period'''
* [[Persian Empire]]s (550 BC – 651 AD)
** [[Achaemenid Empire]] (550 BC – 330 BC)
** Conquered by [[Macedonia (ancient kingdom)#Empire|Macedonian Empire]] (330 BC – 312 BC)
** [[Seleucid Empire]] (312 BC – 63 BC)
** [[Parthian Empire]] (247 BC – 224 AD)
** [[Sasanian Empire]] (224 AD – 651 AD)
'''Islamic Period'''
* [[Islamicate]] periods<ref name="Hodgson">''[https://books.google.com/books?id=LKO5GRC8j1MC&pg=PA3 The Venture of Islam, Volume 2: The Expansion of Islam in the Middle Periods]'' (1974), p. 3.</ref> (7th – 21st centuries{{Citation needed|date=February 2018}})
** ''High Caliphate'' (685–945)<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=BMxVDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT53 A Concise History of the Middle East]'' (2015), p. 53.</ref>
** ''Earlier Middle Period'' (945–1250)<ref name="Hodgson" />
** ''Later Middle Period'' (1250–1500)<ref name="Hodgson" />
** [[Rashidun Caliphate]] (632–661)
** [[Umayyad Caliphate]] (661–750)
** [[Abbasid Caliphate]] (750–1258), [[Fatimid Caliphate]] (909–1171)
*** [[Buyid dynasty]] (934–1055)
*** [[Seljuq dynasty]] (1055–1171)
*** [[Ayyubid dynasty]] (1171–1341)
** [[Ottoman Empire]] (1300–1923)
*** [[Safavid dynasty|Safavid Empire]] (1501–1736)
** [[Mandatory Iraq|Kingdom of Iraq under British mandate]] (1921-1932)
** [[Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq]] (1932-1958)
*** [[Hashemite Arab Federation]] (1958)
** [[First Iraqi Republic|Qasimist Republic of Iraq]] (1958-68)
** [[Ba'athist Iraq]] (1968-2003)
** [[Coalition Provisional Authority]] (2003-04)
** [[Republic of Iraq]] (2004-present)

=== Mongolian periods ===
{{Further|History of Mongolia}}

'''Antiquity'''
* [[Xiongnu]] ([[Mongolia]], 220 BC – AD 200)
'''Medieval Mongolia'''
* [[Rouran Khaganate]] (Mongolia, [[Manchuria]], [[Xianbei]], AD 330 – 555)
** [[Sixteen Kingdoms]] (Xianbei, [[Turkic peoples]], 304–439)
* [[Uyghur Khaganate]] (Mongolia, Manchuria, [[Tibet]], 744–848)
* [[Liao dynasty]] ([[Khitan people]], 907–1125)
'''Imperial Mongolia'''
* [[Mongol Empire]] (Mongolia, 1206–1380)
** [[Yuan Dynasty]] of [[China]] (≈1250 – ≈1350)
** [[Golden Horde]] (≈1250 – 1380)
'''Modern Mongolia'''
* [[Qing dynasty]] (Manchu China, 1692–1911)

=== Southeast Asian periods ===
{{Further|History of Southeast Asia}}
'''Maritime Southeast Asia'''
* [[Srivijaya]] ([[Indonesia]], 3rd – 14th centuries), [[Tarumanagara]] (358–723), [[Sailendra]] (8th and 9th centuries), [[Sunda Kingdom|Kingdom of Sunda]] (669–1579), [[Mataram Kingdom|Kingdom of Mataram]] (752–1045), [[Kediri (historical kingdom)|Kediri]] (1045–1221), [[Singhasari]] (1222–1292), [[Majapahit]] (1293–1500)
'''Peninsular Southeast Asia'''
* [[Chenla]] ([[Cambodia]], 630 – 802) and [[Khmer Empire]] ([[Cambodia]], 802–1432)
* [[Lý Nam Đế|Anterior Lý dynasty]] and [[Triệu Việt Vương]], [[Third Chinese domination (History of Vietnam)|Third Chinese domination]], [[Khúc Family]], [[Dương Đình Nghệ]], [[Kiều Công Tiễn]], [[Ngô dynasty]], [[The 12 Lords Rebellion]], [[Đinh dynasty]], [[Anterior Lê dynasty|Prior Lê dynasty]], [[Lý dynasty]], [[Trần dynasty]], [[Hồ dynasty]], [[Fourth Chinese domination (History of Vietnam)|Fourth Chinese domination]] ([[Vietnam]], 544–1427)