East Asia · The Sixteen Kingdoms and the Northern and Southern dynasties
Western Liang
400–421
Western Liang (400–421) was a Han-Chinese state in the far Hexi (capital Dunhuang then Jiuquan) founded by Li Gao—later claimed as an ancestor by the Tang imperial Li house. A center of Chinese learning at Dunhuang, it was conquered by the Northern Liang in 421.
- Existed
- 400–421
- Shown on the map
- AD 407–409
- Peak area
- 89k km²
- Region
- East Asia
Overview
Western Liang (400–421) was a Han-Chinese state in the far Hexi (capital Dunhuang then Jiuquan) founded by Li Gao—later claimed as an ancestor by the Tang imperial Li house. A center of Chinese learning at Dunhuang, it was conquered by the Northern Liang in 421.
Common questions
- What was Western Liang?
- Western Liang (400–421) was a Han-Chinese state in the far Hexi (capital Dunhuang then Jiuquan) founded by Li Gao—later claimed as an ancestor by the Tang imperial Li house. A center of Chinese learning at Dunhuang, it was conquered by the Northern Liang in 421.
- When did Western Liang exist?
- Western Liang existed 400–421. On this map it is drawn AD 407–409.
- How large was Western Liang?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, Western Liang covered about 89,000 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 — Western Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Liang_(Sixteen_Kingdoms)
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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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