Southern Song Dynasty

Overview

The Song dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 960 to 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song, who usurped the throne of the Later Zhou dynasty and went on to conquer the rest of the Ten Kingdoms, ending the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. The Song often came into conflict with the contemporaneous Liao, Western Xia, and Jin dynasties in northern China. After retreating to southern China following attacks by the Jin dynasty, the Song was eventually conquered by the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty.

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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:1200:Song Empire
• SNAPSHOT1200
• MATCHEDSong Empire
• POLITY TYPEstate

Wars of this empire15

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

• Mongol Conquest of China1205–79
  World-changing · 20M dead
• Mongol Conquest of Song Dynasty1205–79
  World-changing · 15M dead
• Yuan Conquest of Southern China1271–79
  Major conflict · 2.0M dead
• Battle of Xiangyang1267–73
  Major conflict
• Battle of Yamen1279
  Major conflict
• Battle of Nanjing1129
  Regional
• Jingzhou Rebellion1130–35
  Regional
• Battle of Caishi1161
  Regional
• Battle of Chenjia1161
  Regional
• Battle of De An1206
  Regional
• Battle of Beijing1214
  Regional
• Battle of Jiangling1236
  Regional
• Battle of Diao Yu1258
  Regional
• Battle of Thang Long1258
  Regional
• Battle of Yashan1279
  Regional