East Asia · Sui, Tang and the khaganates
Sui Dynasty
581–618
The Sui (581–618), founded by Emperor Wen (Yang Jian), reunified China in 589 by conquering the Chen. It built enduring institutions: the Three Departments and Six Ministries, the equal-field system, the beginnings of the imperial examinations, and the Grand Canal (under Emperor Yang).
- Existed
- 581–618
- Shown on the map
- AD 587–627
- Peak area
- 3.5M km²
- Region
- East Asia
Overview
The Sui (581–618), founded by Emperor Wen (Yang Jian), reunified China in 589 by conquering the Chen. It built enduring institutions: the Three Departments and Six Ministries, the equal-field system, the beginnings of the imperial examinations, and the Grand Canal (under Emperor Yang). Emperor Yang's ruinously expensive projects and failed invasions of Goguryeo (612–614) sparked massive rebellions; he was assassinated in 618, and the Tang succeeded.
Common questions
- What was the Sui Dynasty?
- The Sui (581–618), founded by Emperor Wen (Yang Jian), reunified China in 589 by conquering the Chen. It built enduring institutions: the Three Departments and Six Ministries, the equal-field system, the beginnings of the imperial examinations, and the Grand Canal (under Emperor Yang).
- When did the Sui Dynasty exist?
- The Sui Dynasty existed 581–618. On this map it is drawn AD 587–627.
- How large was the Sui Dynasty?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Sui Dynasty covered about 3.5 million 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 — Sui dynasty en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sui_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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