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Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms

Period: AD 911 – AD 979
Duration: approx. 68 years
Greatest extent: around AD 911
Area (max.): approx. 3 million km²

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms at its greatest extent (around AD 911) · Borders: Cliopatria

Period and duration

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms — according to the map data from AD 911 to AD 979, roughly 68 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.

Greatest extent

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms — greatest extent around AD 911: the mapped borders then cover about 3 million km², roughly 2% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.

AD 911Area according to the map data (max. 3 million km²)AD 979

Predecessors and successors

States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:

Before (AD 910)

Tang Dynasty

After

Northern Song

Neighbours around AD 911

The largest states in the region at the same time:

Later Liang Dynasty
Qocho Kingdom
Former Shu
Balhae
Southern Chu
Southern Wu
Southern Han
Liao Dynasty

Learn more

Open the world map in AD 911 — tap the empire for a detailed description
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms on Wikipedia
All 300 empires at a glance

Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.