 The Southern and Northern Dynasties (420 to 589), which was a time

of turmoil and war, but it was also a time of prosperity for art, culture,
religion and technology in the history of China.
 The Sui Dynasty (581–618) ruled over much of China, after uniting the
four kingdoms of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
 The Tang Dynasty was one of the most prosperous dynasties in Chinese
history. It was the golden age for poetry and painting, and best known for
tricolored glazed pottery and woodblock printing. (618-907)
 The Song Empire (960–1279) was generally prosperous and at the time it
was the world's most powerful empire economically, scientifically, and
militarily.
 Founded by Kublai Khan, leader of the Mongolian Borjigin clan, the
Yuan Dynasty era lasted for 97 years, from 1271 to 1368. The Yuan
Dynasty was China's first foreign-led dynasty, in between the Chinese
Song and Ming dynasties.
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 The Southern and Northern Dynasties (lasted from 420 to 589), which
was a time of turmoil and war, but it was also a time of prosperity for art,
culture, religion and technology in the history of China.
 The Sui Dynasty (lasted from 581 to 618) ruled over much of China,
after uniting the four kingdoms of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
short-lived Chinese dynasty that unified the country after four centuries of
fragmentation in which North and South China had gone quite different ways. 
 The Tang Dynasty was one of the most prosperous dynasties in Chinese
history. It was the golden age for poetry and painting, and best known for
tricolored glazed pottery and woodblock printing. (lasted from 618 to
907). Tang dynasty considered a golden age of Chinese arts and culture.
 The Song Empire (960–1279) was generally prosperous and at the time it
was the world's most powerful empire economically, scientifically, and
militarily.
 Founded by Kublai Khan, leader of the Mongolian Borjigin clan, the
Yuan Dynasty era lasted for 97 years, from 1271 to 1368. The Yuan
Dynasty was China's first foreign-led dynasty, in between the Chinese
Song and Ming dynasties. Mongol suzerainty eventually also stretched
 throughout most of Asia and eastern Europe, though the Yuan emperors were
rarely able to exercise much control over their more distant possessions.

Wei dynasty, Chinese in full (Pinyin) Bei Wei or (Wade-Giles romanization) Pei

Wei, English Northern Wei, also called Tabgatch or (Pinyin) Tuoba, (386–
534/535 CE), the longest-lived and most powerful of the northern
Chinese dynasties that existed before the reunification of China under
the Sui and Tang dynasties.
Jin dynasty, Wade-Giles romanization Chin, Chinese dynasty that comprises two
distinct phases—the Xi (Western) Jin, ruling China from AD 265 to 316/317, and the
Dong (Eastern) Jin, which ruled China from AD 317 to 420. The Dong Jin is
considered one of the Six Dynasties.
Southern Dynasties, Chinese (Pinyin) Nanchao, or (Wade-Giles romanization) Nan-
ch’ao, (AD 420–589), four succeeding short-lived dynasties based at Jiankang
(now Nanjing), which ruled over a large part of China south of the Yangtze
River (Chang Jiang) during much of the Six Dynasties period. The four dynasties
were the Liu-Song (420–479), the Nan (Southern) Qi (479–502), the Nan Liang (502–
557), and the Nan Chen (557–589). Although it was a time of comparative political
weakness, Chinese culture flourished during this period.

Sui dynasty, Wade-Giles romanization Sui, (581–618 CE), short-lived

Chinese dynasty that unified the country after four centuries of fragmentation in
which North and South China had gone quite different ways. 
Tang dynasty, Wade-Giles romanization T’ang, (618–907 CE), Chinese dynasty that
succeeded the short-lived Sui dynasty (581–618), developed a successful form of
government and administration on the Sui model, and stimulated a cultural and artistic
flowering that amounted to a golden age. The Tang dynasty—like most—rose
in duplicity and murder, and it subsided into a kind of anarchy. But at its apex, in the
early 8th century, the splendour of its arts and its cultural milieu made it a model for
the world.
The Tang Dynasty is considered a golden age of Chinese arts and culture. In
power from 618 to 906 A.D., Tang China attracted an international reputation
that spilled out of its cities and, through the practice of Buddhism, spread its
culture across much of Asia.
Song dynasty, Wade-Giles romanization Sung, (960–1279), Chinese dynasty that
ruled the country during one of its most brilliant cultural epochs. It is commonly
divided into Bei (Northern) and Nan (Southern) Song periods, as the dynasty ruled
only in South China after 1127.
The Song Empire (960–1279) was generally prosperous and at the time it
was the world's most powerful empire economically, scientifically, and
militarily. However, the Song Dynasty came under constant threat from
northern enemies, and after 319 years they were conquered by the Mongols.
Yuan dynasty, Wade-Giles romanization Yüan, also called Mongol
dynasty, dynasty established by Mongol nomads that ruled portions and eventually all
of China from the early 13th century to 1368. Mongol suzerainty eventually also
stretched throughout most of Asia and eastern Europe, though the Yuan emperors
were rarely able to exercise much control over their more distant possessions.