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Southern and Northern Dynasties (420-589)
Liu Song Southern Qi Liang Chen This article is about China. ... For other uses, see 420 (disambiguation). ... Events October 17 - The Adige River overflows its banks, flooding the church of St. ... The Southern dynasties å—æœ (nanchao in pinyin: nÃ¡n chÃ¡o) include Liu Song, Southern Qi, Liang Dynasty and Chen Dynasty whose capital were largely all at Jiankang (although the Southern Qi capital was briefly at Jiangling (æ±Ÿé™µ, in modern Jingzhou, Hubei) during the reign of Emperor He of Southern Qi, and... The Northern Dynasties (åŒ—æœ bei3 chao2) included Northern Wei Dynasty, Eastern Wei Dynasty, Western Wei Dynasty, Northern Qi Dynasty, Northern Zhou Dynasty. ... The Song Dynasty (宋朝, previous spelling Sung) (420-479) was first of the four Southern Dynasties in China, followed by the Qi Dynasty. ... The Southern Qi Dynasty é½Šæœ (479-502) was the second of the Southern dynasties in China, followed by the Liang Dynasty. ... Liang Dynasty (also: Leung in Cantonese,) æ¢æœ (502-557) was the third of Southern dynasties in China, followed by the Chen Dynasty. ... Chen Dynasty é™³æœ (557-589) was the fourth and the last of the Southern dynasties in China, eliminated by the Sui Dynasty. ...	Northern Wei Eastern Wei Western Wei Northern Qi Northern Zhou The Northern Wei Dynasty (北魏 386-534) is most noted for the unification of northern China in 440, it was also heavily involved in funding the arts and many antiques and art works from this period have survived. ... The Eastern Wei Dynasty followed the disintegration of the Northern Wei, and ruled northern China from 534 to 550. ... The Western Wei Dynasty followed the disintegration of the Northern Wei, and ruled northern China from 535 to 556. ... The Northern Qi Dynasty was one of the Northern dynasties of Chinese history and ruled northern China from 550 to 577. ...
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The Northern Zhou Dynasty followed the Western Wei, and ruled northern China from 557 to 581. The Western Wei Dynasty followed the disintegration of the Northern Wei, and ruled northern China from 535 to 556. ... Events Beginning of the Northern Zhou Dynasty in northern China. ... Events The Sui Dynasty replaces the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the last of the Northern Dynasties in China. ...

They were followed by the Sui Dynasty.
The Sui Dynasty (Chinese: éš‹æœ; Hanyu Pinyin: 581-618) followed the Southern and Northern Dynasties and preceded the Tang Dynasty in China. ...

Posthumous Names ( Shi Hao 諡號)	Born Names	Period of Reigns	Era Names (Nian Hao 年號) and their according range of years
Northern dynasty
Northern Zhou Dynasty 557-581
Convention: Northern Zhou + posthumous name
Xiao Min Di (孝閔帝 xiao1 min3 di4)	Yuwen Jue (宇文覺 yu3 wen2 jue2)	557	Did not exist
Xiao Ming Di (孝明帝 xiao4 ming2 di4)	Yuwen Yu (宇文毓 yu3 wen2 yu4)	557-560	Wucheng (武成 wu3 cheng2) 559-560
Wu Di (武帝 wu3 di4)	Yuwen Yong (宇文邕 yu3 wen2 yong1)	561-578	Baoding (保定 bao3 ding4) 561-565 Tianhe (天和 tian1 he2) 566-572 Jiande (建德 jian4 de2) 572-578 Xuanzheng (宣政 xuan1 zheng4) 578
Xuan Di (宣帝 xuan1 di4)	Yuwen Yun (宇文贇 yu3 wen2 yun1)	579	Dacheng (大成 da4 cheng2) 579
Jing Di (靜帝 jing4 di4)	Yuwen Chan (宇文闡 yu3 wen2 chan3)	579-581	Daxiang (大象 da4 xiang4) 579-581 Dading (大定 da4 ding4) 581

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class="preview" id="pv22"> A posthumous name (諡號/謚號 Pinyin: shì hào; Romaji: shigō/tsuigō; Revised Romanization of Korean: siho) is a honorary name given to royalty in some cultures posthumously, that is, after the persons death. ... A Chinese era name (traditional Chinese: 年號, simplified Chinese: 年号, pinyin nían hào) is the era name, reign period, or regnal title used when traditionally numbering years in an emperors reign and naming certain Chinese rulers (see the conventions). ... The Northern Dynasties (北朝 bei3 zhao1) included Northern Wei Dynasty, Eastern Wei Dynasty, Western Wei Dynasty, Northern Qi Dynasty, Northern Zhou Dynasty. ... Events Beginning of the Northern Zhou Dynasty in northern China. ... Events The Sui Dynasty replaces the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the last of the Northern Dynasties in China. ... Events Beginning of the Northern Zhou Dynasty in northern China. ... Events Beginning of the Northern Zhou Dynasty in northern China. ... Events Ceawlin of Wessex becomes King of Wessex (traditional date). ... Events The Bulgars invade and raid Byzantine territory, but are driven back near Constantinople by Belisarius. ... Events Ceawlin of Wessex becomes King of Wessex (traditional date). ... Events Clotaire I dies, and the Frankish kingdom is divided; Sigebert I becomes king of Austrasia, Chilperic I becomes king of Neustria, Charibert becomes king of Paris, and Guntram becomes king of Burgundy. ... Events Tiberius II Constantine succeeds Justin II as Byzantine Emperor Births Deaths July 30 - Jacob Baradaeus, bishop of Edessa October 5 - Justin II, Roman emperor Northern Zhou Wu Di, Chinese ruler John Malalas, Byzantine chronicler Categories: 578 ... Events Clotaire I dies, and the Frankish kingdom is divided; Sigebert I becomes king of Austrasia, Chilperic I becomes king of Neustria, Charibert becomes king of Paris, and Guntram becomes king of Burgundy. ... Events January 22 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. ... Events Births Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, uncle of Muhammad Deaths Chen Wen Di, Chinese ruler of the Chen Dynasty Theodosius I, Patriarch of Alexandria. ... Events Emperor Bidatsu ascends the throne of Japan. ... Events Emperor Bidatsu ascends the throne of Japan. ... Events Tiberius II Constantine succeeds Justin II as Byzantine Emperor Births Deaths July 30 - Jacob Baradaeus, bishop of Edessa October 5 - Justin II, Roman emperor Northern Zhou Wu Di, Chinese ruler John Malalas, Byzantine chronicler Categories: 578 ... Events Tiberius II Constantine succeeds Justin II as Byzantine Emperor Births Deaths July 30 - Jacob Baradaeus, bishop of Edessa October 5 - Justin II, Roman emperor Northern Zhou Wu Di, Chinese ruler John Malalas, Byzantine chronicler Categories: 578 ... Events End of the Northern Qi Dynasty in China. ... Events End of the Northern Qi Dynasty in China. ... Events End of the Northern Qi Dynasty in China. ... Events The Sui Dynasty replaces the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the last of the Northern Dynasties in China. ... Events End of the Northern Qi Dynasty in China. ... Events The Sui Dynasty replaces the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the last of the Northern Dynasties in China. ... Events The Sui Dynasty replaces the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the last of the Northern Dynasties in China. ...

Categories: Northern Zhou | 557 establishments | 581 disestablishments China is the worlds oldest continuous major civilization, with written records dating back about 3,500 years and with 5,000 years being commonly used by Chinese as the age of their civilization. ... This article is about China. ... The king or wang (çŽ‹ wÃ¡ng) was the Chinese head of state from the Zhou to Qin dynasties. ...

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Southern and Northern Dynasties - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (330 words)
	The Southern and Northern Dynasties (Chinese: 南北朝; pinyin: nánběicháo; 420-589) followed the Sixteen Kingdoms and preceded Sui Dynasty in China and was an age of civil war and disunity.
	During this period the process of sinicization accelerated among the non-Chinese arrivals in the north and among the aboriginal tribesmen in the south.
	A strong navy on the Yangtze River could protect the south from the north, since cavalry was useless in the riverlands.

Northern Wei - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (465 words)
	The Northern Wei Dynasty (北魏, pinyin: běi wèi, 386-534) is most noted for the unification of northern China in 440, it was also heavily involved in funding the arts and many antiques and art works from this period have survived.
	Early in Northern Wei history, the state inherited a number of traditions from its initial history as a Xianbei tribe, and some of the more unusual ones, from a traditional Chinese standpoint:
	As sinicization of the Northern Wei state progressed, these customs and traditions were gradually abandoned.

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