Northern and Southern Dynasties

Overview

The Northern and Southern dynasties was a period of political division in the history of China that lasted from 420 to 589 AD, following the tumultuous era of the Sixteen Kingdoms and the Eastern Jin dynasty. It is sometimes considered to be the latter part of a longer period known as the Six Dynasties. The period featured civil war and political chaos. However, it was also a time of flourishing arts and culture, advancement in technology, and the spread of Mahayana Buddhism and Taoism. The period saw large-scale migration of Han Chinese people to lands south of the Yangtze. It came to an end with the unification of China proper by Emperor Wen of the Sui dynasty in 589 AD.

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Borders & accuracy

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

• SOURCEaourednik / historical-basemaps
• DETAILhistorical-basemaps:500:Toba Wei
• SNAPSHOT500 CE
• MATCHEDToba Wei
• POLITY TYPEstate

Also during this period

No conflict record yet names this polity as a belligerent; these overlap its dates only.

• Barbarian Invasions of the Roman Empire375–476 CE
  World-changing · 1.0M dead
• Aksumite invasion of Himyar (Kaleb)518–525 CE
  World-changing
• Northern and Southern Dynasties Conflicts420–589 CE
  Major conflict · 2.0M dead
• Sui Dynasty Reunification Wars581–589 CE
  Major conflict · 500K dead
• Gupta Empire Expansion320–467 CE
  Major conflict · 300K dead
• Three Kingdoms of Korea Wars37 BCE–668 CE
  Major conflict