East Asia · The Sixteen Kingdoms and the Northern and Southern dynasties
Southern Liang
397–414
Southern Liang (397–414) was a short-lived Xianbei (Tufa clan) state in eastern Qinghai/Gansu, capital Ledu then Guzang. It fell to the Western Qin in 414.
- Existed
- 397–414
- Shown on the map
- AD 397–413
- Peak area
- 31k km²
- Region
- East Asia
Overview
Southern Liang (397–414) was a short-lived Xianbei (Tufa clan) state in eastern Qinghai/Gansu, capital Ledu then Guzang. It fell to the Western Qin in 414.
Common questions
- What was Southern Liang?
- Southern Liang (397–414) was a short-lived Xianbei (Tufa clan) state in eastern Qinghai/Gansu, capital Ledu then Guzang. It fell to the Western Qin in 414.
- When did Southern Liang exist?
- Southern Liang existed 397–414. On this map it is drawn AD 397–413.
- How large was Southern Liang?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, Southern Liang covered about 31,000 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 — Liang dynasty en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liang_dynasty
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Border geometry for the map itself comes from Cliopatria v0.12 (Seshat Global History Databank, CC-BY-4.0).
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