Southern Song

Southern Song was a state in South China and Taiwan (East Asia) that lasted from 1127 to 1279 CE, about 152 years. Its people spoke Chinese languages (Sinitic languages).

The Song court re-established at Hangzhou after the Jurchens took the north. It had the world's largest cities, a navy, paper money and Neo-Confucian scholarship, and the Mongols ended it at the sea battle of Yamen in 1279.

See Southern Song on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

1127 to 1279 CE

Duration

152 years

Type

State

Region

South China and Taiwan, East Asia

Language family

Chinese

Capital

Lin'an (Hangzhou)

Came from

• Northern Song 960 to 1127 CE

Became

• Yuan dynasty 1271 to 1368 CE

Events in East Asia during its time

• 1185 Battle of Dan-no-ura

Neighbours in East Asia

• Northern Song 960 to 1127 CE
• Yuan dynasty 1271 to 1368 CE
• Goryeo 918 to 1392 CE
• Heian period 794 to 1185 CE
• Western Xia 1038 to 1227 CE
• Kamakura shogunate 1185 to 1333 CE
• Jin dynasty (Jurchen) 1115 to 1234 CE
• Mongol Empire (north China) 1215 to 1271 CE
• Guge kingdom c. 967 to 1630 CE
• Tibetan era of fragmentation 842 to 1264 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Middle East
• Swahili city-states c. 800 to 1700 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• Srivijaya c. 650 to 1377 CE, Southeast Asia
• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Khmer Empire 802 to 1431 CE, Southeast Asia
• Abbasid Caliphate 750 to 1258 CE, Middle East

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