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Event war East Asia

Wars of the Sixteen Kingdoms

304 CE – 439 CE

After the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty, northern China fractured into a chaotic succession of short-lived kingdoms founded by both Chinese and nomadic rulers.

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Conflict · East Asia

Wars of the Sixteen Kingdoms

304 CE – 439 CE

After the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty, northern China fractured into a chaotic succession of short-lived kingdoms founded by both Chinese and nomadic rulers. Over a century of devastating warfare depopulated the north and drove mass migration southward.

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