First and longest-lived of China's Southern Dynasties, founded when general Liu Yu deposed the Eastern Jin; ruled the south from Jiankang while the north fragmented under Northern Wei and its rivals.
Overthrown in 479 by general Xiao Daocheng, who founded the Southern Qi.
The atlas holds 2 border frames for Liu Song dynasty — the shape you scrub through changes in 420 · 467.
Standard survey of the Six Dynasties period (Wu, Eastern Jin, and the Southern Dynasties incl. Liu Song) covering society, material culture, and politics.
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