Sixteen Kingdoms

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The Sixteen Kingdoms was a turbulent period in Chinese history (4th–5th centuries) marked by political fragmentation and short-lived states ruled largely by non-Han peoples in northern China.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf era of Chinese history
historical period
alsoKnownAs Shiliuguo
Sixteen States
characterizedBy frequent regime changes
non-Han rule in northern China
political fragmentation
short-lived states
widespread warfare
contains Cheng Han
Former Liang
Former Qin
Former Yan
Former Zhao
Hu Xia
Later Liang
Later Qin
Later Shu (Qiao Shu)
Later Yan
Later Zhao
Northern Liang
Northern Wei
Northern Yan
Southern Liang
Southern Yan
Western Liang
Western Qin
Western Yan
Xia (Hu Xia)
country China
endedBy unification of northern China by Northern Wei
endTime 439
followedBy Liu Song dynasty
Northern and Southern dynasties
Northern dynasties
follows War of the Eight Princes
Western Jin dynasty
hasEthnicGroupInPower Di
Han Chinese
Jie
Qiang
Xianbei
Xiongnu
hasLanguage Classical Chinese
hasReligion Buddhism
Chinese folk religion
Daoism
hasSignificantConsequence demographic shift toward southern China
formation of Northern Wei state
sinicization of non-Han ruling elites
hasSignificantEvent Battle of Fei River
Former Qin invasion of Eastern Jin
mass migrations of northern Chinese to the south
locatedIn northern China
partOf Age of Division
precededByEvent collapse of Western Jin
region Gansu
linked to: Gansu Province

Guanzhong
linked to: Guanzhong region

Hebei
Shaanxi
linked to: Shaanxi Province

Yellow River basin
startTime 304
timePeriod 4th century
5th century

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Western Jin dynasty followedBy Sixteen Kingdoms
Xianbei influenced Western Qin
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Xianbei partOf Sixteen Kingdoms period
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Ye flourishedDuring Sixteen Kingdoms period
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Yecheng historicalPeriod Sixteen Kingdoms period
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Xianbei language relatedEthnohistoricalContext Sixteen Kingdoms period
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Former Qin historicalEra Sixteen Kingdoms
Tuoba Gui era Sixteen Kingdoms period
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Later Yan historicalPeriod Sixteen Kingdoms period
linked to: Sixteen Kingdoms
Later Yan partOf Sixteen Kingdoms
赫连 historicalPeriod Sixteen Kingdoms period
linked to: Sixteen Kingdoms
Feishui region historicalPeriod Sixteen Kingdoms period
subject linked to: Feishui (Fei River) region
linked to: Sixteen Kingdoms
Former Zhao partOf Sixteen Kingdoms period
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Later Qin era Sixteen Kingdoms
Later Qin partOf Sixteen Kingdoms of China
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Eastern Jin dynasty partOf Sixteen Kingdoms period
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Eastern Jin dynasty partOf Eastern Jin and Sixteen Kingdoms period
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Six Dynasties overlapsWith Sixteen Kingdoms
Later Zhao partOf Sixteen Kingdoms
Later Zhao historicalPeriod Sixteen Kingdoms period
linked to: Sixteen Kingdoms
Former Liang partOf Sixteen Kingdoms period
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Former Liang historicalEra Sixteen Kingdoms
Former Yan locatedInTimePeriod Sixteen Kingdoms period
linked to: Sixteen Kingdoms
Uprising of the Five Barbarians followedBy Sixteen Kingdoms period
linked to: Sixteen Kingdoms
Cheng Han historicalPeriod Sixteen Kingdoms period
linked to: Sixteen Kingdoms
Cheng Han partOf Sixteen Kingdoms
Book of Jin documents Sixteen Kingdoms
Emperor Min of Jin era Sixteen Kingdoms period
linked to: Sixteen Kingdoms
Period of Disunion hasPart Sixteen Kingdoms
Jin dynasty followedBy Sixteen Kingdoms