Western Xia

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dynasty historical state

Western Xia was a Tangut-ruled dynasty in northwestern China (1038–1227), known for its unique script and culture and for its frequent conflicts with the Song, Liao, and later the Mongol Empire.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Western Xia canonical 13
Western Xia dynasty 2
Western Xia Dynasty 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dynasty ⓘ
historical state ⓘ
capital Xingqing ⓘ
Xingqing Prefecture ⓘ
capitalModernLocation Yinchuan ⓘ
conflict Jin–Xia conflicts ⓘ
Liao–Xia conflicts ⓘ
Mongol conquest of the Western Xia ⓘ
surface form: Mongol conquest of Western Xia

Song–Xia wars ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
conventionalLongName Western Xia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Western Xia Dynasty
country China ⓘ
culture Tangut culture ⓘ
currency Chinese cash coins ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
trade along the Silk Road ⓘ
endTime 1227 ⓘ
ethnicGroupInPower Tangut ⓘ
surface form: Tangut people
firstRuler Li Yuanhao ⓘ
foundedBy Li Yuanhao ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
language Chinese language ⓘ
Tangut ⓘ
surface form: Tangut language
lastRuler Li Xian ⓘ
legalSystem Tangut law code ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone UTC+08:00 ⓘ
military cavalry-based army ⓘ
nativeName 𗴂𗹭𗂧 ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage Tangut ⓘ
surface form: Tangut language
neighbor Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Gansu Uyghur Kingdom

Jin dynasty ⓘ
Liao dynasty ⓘ
Song dynasty ⓘ
notableEvent Mongol destruction of Western Xia in 1227 ⓘ
partOf Chinese dynastic history ⓘ
predecessor Dingnan Jiedushi ⓘ
Guiyi Circuit ⓘ
region Northwestern China ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Chinese folk religion ⓘ
Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
rulingClan Weiming clan ⓘ
shortName Xi Xia ⓘ
Xixia ⓘ
startTime 1038 ⓘ
successor Mongol Empire ⓘ
territoryIncludes modern Ningxia ⓘ
parts of modern Gansu ⓘ
parts of modern Inner Mongolia ⓘ
parts of modern Shaanxi ⓘ
writingSystem Chinese characters ⓘ
Tangut script ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Song dynasty → neighbor → Western Xia ⓘ
Genghis Khan → deathPlace → Western Xia ⓘ
Mongol conquests → territoryIncludes → Western Xia ⓘ
Mongol conquests → opponent → Western Xia ⓘ
Dunhuang → historicalDynastyAssociation → Western Xia ⓘ
Mogao Caves → significantPeriod → Western Xia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Xia dynasty
Mongol Empire → precededBy → Western Xia ⓘ
Yinchuan → historicalDynastyAssociated → Western Xia ⓘ
Southern Song → sharesBorderWith → Western Xia ⓘ
Western Xia → conventionalLongName → Western Xia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Xia Dynasty
Liao dynasty → coexistedWith → Western Xia ⓘ
Great Yuan → predecessor → Western Xia ⓘ
Mongol conquest of the Western Xia → place → Western Xia ⓘ
Mongol conquest of the Western Xia → belligerent → Western Xia ⓘ
Mongol conquest of the Western Xia → relatedDynasty → Western Xia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Xia dynasty
Da Yuan → precededBy → Western Xia ⓘ