East Asia · The Sixteen Kingdoms and the Northern and Southern dynasties
Northern Yan
407–436
Northern Yan (407–436) succeeded Later Yan in the northeast (capital Longcheng). Though bearing the Yan name, it was founded effectively by the Han Chinese Feng clan (Feng Ba), after the brief rule of the adopted Gao Yun.
- Existed
- 407–436
- Shown on the map
- AD 410–438
- Peak area
- 64k km²
- Region
- East Asia
Overview
Northern Yan (407–436) succeeded Later Yan in the northeast (capital Longcheng). Though bearing the Yan name, it was founded effectively by the Han Chinese Feng clan (Feng Ba), after the brief rule of the adopted Gao Yun. It was conquered by the Northern Wei in 436; the last ruler Feng Hong fled to Goguryeo, where he was later killed.
Common questions
- What was Northern Yan?
- Northern Yan (407–436) succeeded Later Yan in the northeast (capital Longcheng). Though bearing the Yan name, it was founded effectively by the Han Chinese Feng clan (Feng Ba), after the brief rule of the adopted Gao Yun.
- When did Northern Yan exist?
- Northern Yan existed 407–436. On this map it is drawn AD 410–438.
- How large was Northern Yan?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, Northern Yan covered about 64,000 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 — Northern Yan en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Yan
This entry was last updated .
This entry was researched and drafted with AI from the sources above, and has not been reviewed by a historian. How entries are made
Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0: reuse it with a credit to The World Through Time and a link to this page. Passages drawing on the Wikipedia articles listed above are also licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 by their contributors.
Border geometry for the map itself comes from Cliopatria v0.12 (Seshat Global History Databank, CC-BY-4.0).
See Northern Yan in its world
Open the atlas at AD 424 and every neighbour, rival and successor is on screen with it — then drag the slider and watch what happens next.
Open the map at AD 424 →