East Asia · The Sixteen Kingdoms and the Northern and Southern dynasties
Southern Yan
398–410
Southern Yan (398–410) was founded by Murong De, a Later Yan prince, in the Shandong peninsula, capital Guanggu. A remnant Murong state, it was conquered by the Eastern Jin general Liu Yu in 410; its last ruler Murong Chao was captured and executed.
- Existed
- 398–410
- Shown on the map
- AD 402–409
- Peak area
- 153k km²
- Region
- East Asia
Overview
Southern Yan (398–410) was founded by Murong De, a Later Yan prince, in the Shandong peninsula, capital Guanggu. A remnant Murong state, it was conquered by the Eastern Jin general Liu Yu in 410; its last ruler Murong Chao was captured and executed.
Common questions
- What was Southern Yan?
- Southern Yan (398–410) was founded by Murong De, a Later Yan prince, in the Shandong peninsula, capital Guanggu. A remnant Murong state, it was conquered by the Eastern Jin general Liu Yu in 410; its last ruler Murong Chao was captured and executed.
- When did Southern Yan exist?
- Southern Yan existed 398–410. On this map it is drawn AD 402–409.
- How large was Southern Yan?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, Southern Yan covered about 153,000 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 — Southern Yan en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Yan
This entry was last updated .
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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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