East Asia · The Sixteen Kingdoms and the Northern and Southern dynasties
Later Yan
384–409
Later Yan (384–409) was founded by the Xianbei Murong Chui, a brilliant Former Yan general, after Fei River. From capital Zhongshan it restored Murong power in the northeast and conquered Western Yan (394).
- Existed
- 384–409
- Shown on the map
- AD 387–409
- Peak area
- 504k km²
- Region
- East Asia
Overview
Later Yan (384–409) was founded by the Xianbei Murong Chui, a brilliant Former Yan general, after Fei River. From capital Zhongshan it restored Murong power in the northeast and conquered Western Yan (394). It was shattered by the rising Tuoba Northern Wei (battles from 395), losing the North China Plain, and degenerated into the small Northern Yan.
Common questions
- What was Later Yan?
- Later Yan (384–409) was founded by the Xianbei Murong Chui, a brilliant Former Yan general, after Fei River. From capital Zhongshan it restored Murong power in the northeast and conquered Western Yan (394).
- When did Later Yan exist?
- Later Yan existed 384–409. On this map it is drawn AD 387–409.
- How large was Later Yan?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, Later Yan covered about 504,000 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 — Later Yan en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Later_Yan
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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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