Jurchen Jin Dynasty

Overview

The Jin dynasty, officially the Great Jin, was a Jurchen-led imperial dynasty of China and empire ruled by the Wanyan clan that existed between 1115 and 1234. It is also often called the Jurchen dynasty or the Jurchen Jin after the ruling Jurchen people. At its peak, the empire extended from Outer Manchuria in the north to the Qinling–Huaihe Line in the south.

Wikipedia: Jin dynasty (1115–1234)·CC BY-SA 4.0

Borders & accuracy

Solid borders are reconstructed from canonical historical-basemap data or hand-crafted from scholarly atlases.

• SOURCEhand-crafted from scholarly atlases
• DETAILhand-traced-from:wikipedia.org/wiki/Jin_dynasty_(1115%E2%80%931234)
• SNAPSHOT1200
• POLITY TYPEstate

Wars of this empire9

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.

• Mongol Conquest of China1205–79
  World-changing · 20M dead
• Song-Jin Wars1125–1234
  Major conflict · 2.0M dead
• Battle of Huanglong1115
  Regional
• Battle of Nanjing1129
  Regional
• Battle of Caishi1161
  Regional
• Battle of Chenjia1161
  Regional
• Battle of De An1206
  Regional
• Battle of Huanerzhui1211
  Regional
• Battle of Yuxian1232
  Regional