Northern Han

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Northern Han was a small Chinese dynasty that ruled parts of northern China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period before being conquered by the Song.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese dynasty
monarchy
state
alternativeName Bei Han
Northern Han Kingdom
borderedBy Liao dynasty
Northern Song dynasty
linked to: Song dynasty
capital Jinyang
Taiyuan
chineseName 北漢
claimedLegitimacyFrom Later Han
conqueredBy Emperor Taizong of Song
currency Chinese cash coins
endTime 979
ethnicBackground Shatuo Turk and Han Chinese
fallEvent Song conquest of Northern Han
founder Liu Chong
foundingRuler Liu Chong
governmentType hereditary monarchy
historicalCategory Five Dynasties-related regime
Ten Kingdoms of China
historicalRegion Central Plains fringe
lastRuler Liu Jiyuan
locatedIn northern China
linked to: North China
mainAlly Liao dynasty
mainRival Northern Song dynasty
linked to: Song dynasty
militarySupportFrom Liao dynasty
notableCity Taiyuan
overthrownBy Song dynasty
partOfPeriod Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
politicalStatus one of the Ten Kingdoms
predecessor Later Han
primaryLanguage Classical Chinese
religion Buddhism
Chinese folk religion
Taoism
rulingHouse Liu clan
shortLivedState true
startTime 951
successor Song dynasty
territoryIncludes modern Shanxi Province
parts of modern Hebei Province
parts of modern Shaanxi Province
usedCalendarSystem Chinese lunisolar calendar
usedEraName Guangding
Tianfu
Tianhui

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