Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms

Sogdia () or Sogdiana was an ancient Iranian civilization between the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya rivers, and in present-day Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. Sogdiana was also a province of the Achaemenid Empire, and listed on the Behistun Inscription of Darius the Great. Sogdiana was first conquered by Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Achaemenid Empire, and then was annexed by the Macedonian ruler Alexander the Great in 328 BC. It would continue to change hands under the Seleucid Empire, the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, the Kushan Empire, the Sasanian Empire, th

Period of Chinese history (907–979)

empire and dynasty of China during the 10th-century Five Dynasties & Ten Kingdoms period

one of the Five Dynasties of China

Chinese dynasty (951–960); fifth of the Five Dynasties

fourth of the Five Dynasties of China

Chinese dynasty (936–947); one of the Five Dynasties

one of the Ten Kingdoms in 10th-century eastern and central China

one of the Ten Kingdoms of medieval China, ruling territory around Nanjing during the period 937–976

one of the Ten Kingdoms of 10th-century China, centered on Guangdong Province

Wuyue (; ) was a dynastic state of China and one of the Ten Kingdoms during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period of Chinese history. It was ruled by the Qian clan of Haiyan (海鹽錢氏), whose family name remains widespread in the kingdom's former territory.

one of the Ten Kingdoms in 10th-century China

one of the 10 Kingdoms of 10th-century China, centered on Sichuan

one of the Ten Kingdoms of 10th-century China, controlling an area around present-day Fujian Province

one of the 10 Kingdoms of 10th-century China, centered in Sichuan

The Shatuo, or the Shatuo Turks (; also transcribed as '''Sha-t'o, Sanskrit Sart''') were a Turkic tribe that heavily influenced northern Chinese politics from the late ninth century through the tenth century. They are noted for founding three, Later Tang, Later Jin, and Later Han, of the five dynasties and one, Northern Han, of the ten kingdoms during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. The Northern Han would later be conquered by the Song dynasty. Sometime before the 12th century, the Shatuo disappeared as a distinct ethnic group, many of them having become acculturated and assimilat

Jingnan (), also known as Nanping (南平; alternatively written as Southern Ping) and Northern Chu () in historiography, was a dynastic state of China and one of the Ten Kingdoms during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Lasting from 924 to 963, it was located in south-central China.

one of the 10 Kingdoms of 10th-century China, centered in present-day Hubei and Hunan

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Vietnamese administrator (874-937)

Painted caves in Guazhou County, Gansu province, China

historical regime of China

short-lived dynasty near present-day Beijing

rebel state that seceded from & then replaced the Min Kingdom during China's 10th-century 5 Dynasties & 10 Kingdoms Period

Chinese historiography book on the Five Dynasties period by Wang Pu