East Asia · Fragmentation, Song and the conquest dynasties
Later Liang Dynasty
907–923
The Later Liang (907–923) was the first of the Five Dynasties, founded by Zhu Wen (Zhu Quanzhong, Emperor Taizu), the warlord who ended the Tang. Capital at Kaifeng/Luoyang.
- Existed
- 907–923
- Shown on the map
- AD 911–925
- Peak area
- 790k km²
- Region
- East Asia
Overview
The Later Liang (907–923) was the first of the Five Dynasties, founded by Zhu Wen (Zhu Quanzhong, Emperor Taizu), the warlord who ended the Tang. Capital at Kaifeng/Luoyang. It warred constantly with the Shatuo Jin of Li Cunxu, who destroyed it in 923.
Common questions
- What was the Later Liang Dynasty?
- The Later Liang (907–923) was the first of the Five Dynasties, founded by Zhu Wen (Zhu Quanzhong, Emperor Taizu), the warlord who ended the Tang. Capital at Kaifeng/Luoyang.
- When did the Later Liang Dynasty exist?
- The Later Liang Dynasty existed 907–923. On this map it is drawn AD 911–925.
- How large was the Later Liang Dynasty?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Later Liang Dynasty covered about 790,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia article for each polity as the basis of these profiles, supplemented by Encyclopaedia Britannica, chinaknowledge.de, the World History Encyclopedia, museum and university sources, and the academic works it lists. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Later Liang (Five Dynasties) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Later_Liang_(Five_Dynasties)
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