Tuoba
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The Tuoba or Tabgatch, also known by other names, was an influential Xianbei clan in early imperial China. During the Sixteen Kingdoms after the fall of Han and the Three Kingdoms, the Tuoba establish
A Northern Wei officer. Tomb statuette, Luoyang Museum.
Tuoba people and their neighbours, c. III century AD
Rouran Khaganate, Tuyuhun Kingdom, Tuoba Wei 330–555 AD
Remnants of Tuoba in Alxa League
Northern Wei
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Wei, known in historiography as the Northern Wei, Tuoba Wei, Yuan Wei and Later Wei, was an imperial dynasty of China ruled by the Tuoba clan of the Xianbei. The first of the Northern dynasties, it ru
China at the time of Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei's ascension in 423.
Army of Northern Wei terracotta soldiers in Xianbei uniform, tomb of Sima Jinlong, 484 CE.
Northern Wei warrior, tomb mural, Datong