East Asia · The Sixteen Kingdoms and the Northern and Southern dynasties
Southern Qi
479–502
The Southern Qi (479–502) was the shortest of the Southern Dynasties, founded by Xiao Daocheng (Emperor Gao). Plagued by paranoid, violent rulers who massacred the imperial clan, it was overthrown in 502 by a kinsman, Xiao Yan, who founded the Liang.
- Existed
- 479–502
- Shown on the map
- AD 480–509
- Peak area
- 2.4M km²
- Region
- East Asia
Overview
The Southern Qi (479–502) was the shortest of the Southern Dynasties, founded by Xiao Daocheng (Emperor Gao). Plagued by paranoid, violent rulers who massacred the imperial clan, it was overthrown in 502 by a kinsman, Xiao Yan, who founded the Liang.
Common questions
- What was Southern Qi?
- The Southern Qi (479–502) was the shortest of the Southern Dynasties, founded by Xiao Daocheng (Emperor Gao). Plagued by paranoid, violent rulers who massacred the imperial clan, it was overthrown in 502 by a kinsman, Xiao Yan, who founded the Liang.
- When did Southern Qi exist?
- Southern Qi existed 479–502. On this map it is drawn AD 480–509.
- How large was Southern Qi?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, Southern Qi covered about 2.4 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 — Southern Qi en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Qi
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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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