page_title: Military history of the Jin dynasty (266–420) and the Sixteen Kingdoms (304–439)
section_title: Sixteen Kingdoms (and minor states)
hierarchical_section_title: Military history of the Jin dynasty (266–420) and the Sixteen Kingdoms (304–439) / Sixteen Kingdoms (and minor states)
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of Sixteen Kingdoms as of 317 AD
context_page_description: The military history of the Jin dynasty encompasses the period of Chinese military activity from 266 AD to 420 AD. The Jin dynasty is usually divided into the Western and Eastern Jin eras. Western Jin lasted from its usurpation of Cao Wei in 266 to 316 when the Uprising of the Five Barbarians split the empire and created a number of barbarian states in the north. The Jin court fled to Jiankang, starting the era of Eastern Jin, which ended in 420 when it was usurped by Liu Yu, who founded the Liu Song dynasty.
  The Sixteen Kingdoms were a series of barbarian states occupying northern China after the fall of Western Jin. They were eventually extinguished by Northern Wei in 439 AD.
caption: 317 AD
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