// Middle Ages
Northern Song
- Period
- AD 961 – AD 1138
- Duration
- approx. 177 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1056
- Area (max.)
- approx. 2.8 million km²
Period and duration
Northern Song — according to the map data from AD 961 to AD 1138, roughly 177 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
Northern Song — greatest extent around AD 1056: the mapped borders then cover about 2.8 million km², roughly 1.9% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 960)
- Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
- Later Zhou
- Southern Tang
- Later Shu
After
Neighbours around AD 1056
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Liao Dynasty
- Western Xia
- Kingdom of Dali
- Pagan Kingdom
- Haripuñjaya
- Goryeo
- Ngô Dynasty
- Chámpa
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1056 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Northern Song 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.