Northern Qi dynasty

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The Northern Qi dynasty was a short-lived Chinese imperial dynasty (550–577 CE) that ruled northern China and is noted for its military fortifications, cultural developments, and political fragmentation during the Northern and Southern dynasties period.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese dynasty
imperial dynasty
capital Ye
conflict conflicts with Chen dynasty
wars with Northern Zhou
continent Asia
country China
currency Chinese cash coins
endTime 577
followedBy Northern Zhou
foundedBy Gao Yang
governmentForm monarchy
hasCapital Yecheng
hasDynastyHouse House of Gao
hasEraName Heqing
Huangjian
Jiande
Longchang
Tianbao
Wuding
Wuping
Wuping (later)
hasEthnicComposition Han Chinese
Xianbei
hasMonarch Gao Wei NERFINISHED
Gao Yan NERFINISHED
Gao Yang
Gao Yin
Gao Zhan NERFINISHED
hasWritingSystem Chinese characters
knownFor court decadence in later years
internal power struggles
languageUsed Classical Chinese
locatedInTimePeriod Northern and Southern dynasties period
notableFor Buddhist art
cultural developments
military fortifications
political fragmentation
stone sculpture
partOf Northern dynasties
Northern and Southern dynasties period
surface form: Sixteen Kingdoms and Northern and Southern dynasties era
precededBy Eastern Wei
religion Buddhism
Confucianism
Taoism
surface form: Daoism
significantSite Yungang Grottoes
surface form: Northern Qi Buddhist cave temples

Xiangtangshan caves
startTime 550
territoryIncludes northern China NERFINISHED

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Mutianyu section eraOfOriginalConstruction Northern Qi dynasty
Great Wall of China rebuiltBy Northern Qi dynasty