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Name: Xianbei Confederation

Type: Polity

Start: 94 AD

End: 234 AD

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After the downfall of the Xiongnu, the Xianbei replaced them with a loose confederacy from AD 93 in Mongola and northern China.

Establishment


  • January 94: After the downfall of the Xiongnu, the Xianbei replaced them with a loose confederacy from AD 93.
  • Chronology


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    1. Events


  • January 156: Around 155, the northern Xiongnu were "crushed and subjugated" by the Xianbei.

  • January 167: The Xianbei chief, known by the Chinese as Tanshihuai, advanced upon and defeated the Wusun people of the Ili region by 166. Under Tanshihuai, the Xianbei extended their territory from the Ussuri to the Caspian Sea.

  • December 220: Emperor Xian of Han was forced to abdicate by Cao Pi who established the state of Cao Wei with himself as the new emperor. This event marked the formal end of the Han dynasty and the beginning of the Three Kingdoms period in China.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 235: After the fall of the last khans, Budugen and Kebineng, in 234, the Xianbei state began to split into a number of smaller independent domains. The third century saw both the fragmentation of the Xianbei state in 235 and the branching out of the various Xianbei tribes later to establish significant empires of their own. The most prominent branches were the Murong, Tuoba, Khitan people, Shiwei and Rouran Khaganate.
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