Northern Wei
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first dynasty of Northern dynasties during the Northern and Southern Dynasties period (386–535)
Key facts
- 450
- 2,000,000 km (770,000 sq mi)
- Capital
- Shengle (386–398, capital of former Dai , near modern Hohhot ) , Pingcheng (398–493) , Luoyang (493–534) , Chang'an (534–535)
- Common languages
- Tuoba , Middle Chinese
- Government
- Monarchy
- 386 409
- Emperor Daowu
- 409 423
- Emperor Mingyuan
- 424 452
- Emperor Taiwu
- 452 465
- Emperor Wencheng
- 465 471
- Emperor Xianwen
- 471 499
- Emperor Xiaowen
- 499 515
- Emperor Xuanwu
- 528 530
- Emperor Xiaozhuang
- 532 535
- Emperor Xiaowu
- Established
- 20 February 386
- Emperor daowu s claim of imperial title
- 24 January 399
- Movement of capital to luoyang
- 25 October 493
- Erzhu rong s massacre of ruling class
- 17 May 528
- Emperor xiaowu s death
- 3 February 535
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Encyclopedic overview
34°16′00″N 108°54′00″E / 34.2667°N 108.9000°E / 34.2667; 108.9000
Today part ofChina Mongolia
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Northern Wei” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.