Northern Zhou
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Zhou, known in historiography as the Northern Zhou, was a Xianbei-led dynasty of China that lasted from 557 to 581 AD. One of the Northern dynasties of China's Northern and Southern dynasties period,
Chinese states in Western Zhou. The core region of Zhou regime is labelled as "Zhou" in the image, which occupies current day Shaanxi Province, and the capital Haojing was also the capital of Northern Zhou, Chang'an
The tomb of Wirkak, a Sogdian official among the Northern Zhou, 580 CE, Xi'an City Museum
Scene in a Chinese pavilion, Tomb of An Jia, 579 CE.
Northern Zhou dish inspired by Western metalwork, 557–581.
Northern Qi
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Qi, known as the Northern Qi, Later Qi or Gao Qi in historiography, was a Chinese imperial dynasty and one of the Northern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties era. It ruled the easter
Northern Zhou
…until Emperor Wu ambushed and killed Yuwen Hu in 572 and assumed power personally. With Emperor Wu as a capable ruler, Northern Zhou destroyed rival Northern Qi in 577, taking over Northern Qi's territory. However, Emperor Wu's death in 578 doomed the state, as his son Emperor Xuan was an arbitrary and violent…
Mural painting from the tomb of Gao Yang.
Northern Qi Bodhisattva, Changzi-xian, Shanxi, dated 552.
The Anyang funerary bed (550-577 CE), made for a Sogdian merchant in Anyang, during the Northern Qi dynasty.
The owner of the Anyang funerary bed, a Sogdian merchant.