East Asia · Fragmentation, Song and the conquest dynasties
Great Jin
1115–1234
The Jurchen Jin (1115–1234) was a conquest dynasty founded by Aguda (Emperor Taizu) of the Jurchen people in Manchuria. It destroyed the Liao (1125) and the Northern Song (1127), ruling northern China (capitals Huining, then Zhongdu/Beijing, then Kaifeng).
- Existed
- 1115–1234
- Shown on the map
- 1126–1235
- Peak area
- 2.2M km²
- Region
- East Asia
Overview
The Jurchen Jin (1115–1234) was a conquest dynasty founded by Aguda (Emperor Taizu) of the Jurchen people in Manchuria. It destroyed the Liao (1125) and the Northern Song (1127), ruling northern China (capitals Huining, then Zhongdu/Beijing, then Kaifeng). It created Jurchen scripts and adopted Chinese administration. It was destroyed by the Mongols in 1234 after a prolonged war.
Common questions
- What was Great Jin?
- The Jurchen Jin (1115–1234) was a conquest dynasty founded by Aguda (Emperor Taizu) of the Jurchen people in Manchuria. It destroyed the Liao (1125) and the Northern Song (1127), ruling northern China (capitals Huining, then Zhongdu/Beijing, then Kaifeng).
- When did Great Jin exist?
- Great Jin existed 1115–1234. On this map it is drawn 1126–1235.
- How large was Great Jin?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, Great Jin covered about 2.2 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 — Jin dynasty (1115-1234) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jin_dynasty_(1115-1234)
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