The Northern dynasties (北朝 běi cháo) describe a succession of Chinese empires that coexisted alongside a series of
Southern dynasties. The era is generally described as the
Northern and Southern dynasties, lasting from 420–589 AD after the
Jin and before the
Sui dynasty
The Sui dynasty (, ) was a short-lived imperial dynasty of China that lasted from 581 to 618. The Sui unified the Northern and Southern dynasties, thus ending the long period of division following the fall of the Western Jin dynasty, and layi ...
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The Northern dynasties were as follows:
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Northern Wei
Wei (), known in historiography as the Northern Wei (), Tuoba Wei (), Yuan Wei () and Later Wei (), was founded by the Tuoba (Tabgach) clan of the Xianbei. The first of the Northern and Southern dynasties#Northern dynasties, Northern dynasties ...
(386–534 AD)
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Eastern Wei (534–550 AD)
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Western Wei (535–557 AD)
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Northern Qi (550–577 AD)
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Northern Zhou (557–581 AD)
See also
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List of emperors of the Southern dynasties
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Northern and Southern dynasties
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Chinese sovereign
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Lists of Chinese monarchs
Lists of leaders of China
Lists of Chinese people