Western Wei
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Wei, known in historiography as the Western Wei, was an imperial dynasty of China that followed the disintegration of the Northern Wei. One of the Northern dynasties during the era of the Northern and
Northern dynasties shieldbearer
Western Wei civil officer (535–557)
Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, Western Wei, Musée Guimet
Section of a Pagoda-Shaped Stele (Western Wei or Northern Zhou), mid-6th century CE
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,
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…Sichuan. In 557 Yuwen Tai's nephew Yuwen Hu deposed Emperor Gong and placed Yuwen Tai's son Yuwen Jue on the throne, ending Western Wei and establishing Northern Zhou. Marital alliances with the nascent Turkic Empire also took place, as Bumin Qaghan (r.552), first khagan of the Göktürks, married the Western Wei…
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.