Eastern and Western JIn Dynasty?

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Hi I'm making a presentation about the Jin Dynasty of China, I would be very happy if you can help me with some information…Thanks!

Answer 1

Jin Dynasty ( 1115 - 1234 )

The Jin Dynasty originated from the ethnic group Jurchen (Nuzhen). When the Jurchen people were oppressed by the last emperor of the Liao Dynasty (916 - 1125) and could not bear any more, they resisted with great resolve. For nearly a year, the configuration changed greatly: the previously mighty Liao was defeated and the Jurchen established a state of its own, the Jin Dynasty. In the following years, as the army became more and more powerful, they began to invade the southern regimes such as the Northern and Southern Song, and subdued them.

At the outset of the Jin reign, Jurchen were still in the stage of slavery, although it dominated the advanced Liao and Song regions which were highly feudalized. Then they had to learn how to reform their way of life, the administrative system, and develop the economy of the Northeast China. Judging from the relics of that time, we find that pottery and the jade industry achieved considerable prosperity.

This dynasty was ruined in the end by its heavy impositions that encroached on people's glebe, economic crisis and sharp interclass contradictions.

At the end of the Three Kingdoms Period (220-260), Sima family became prominent in the Wei King. In 265 AD, Sima Yan usurped the power and founded a new dynasty Jin. Jin was historically divided into two periods: the Western Jin (265 - 316) with Luoyang as its capital city and Eastern Jin as Jiankang (present Nanjing in Jiangsu Province) became the capital city.

Jin Dynasty was the only period, which unified the country during the period between the Wei, the Jin and the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420 - 589), though this kind of achievement was not lasting.

Although Jin Dynasty was short and full of conflicts, the mix between nationalities was accelerated through the long-term contacts and mutual influences.

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