Historical thread1000–1087

East Asia (11th–12th c.)

China, Korea and Japan in the 11th and 12th centuries: the Northern Song empire and its rivals and partners — the Khitan Liao, the Tangut Western Xia and the Jurchen Jin — and the flight of the Song to the south; Goryeo Korea between the steppe empires and China; Heian Japan from the height of the Fujiwara regents and the age of the Tale of Genji to the rule of retired emperors and the rise of the warrior houses.

8 events · 1 region · East Asia

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Events

Chanyuan Treaty: peace between the Song and the Liaobetween 19 January and 24 January 1005 · East Asia
Murasaki Shikibu writes The Tale of Genjic. 1000 – c. 1012 · East Asia
Battle of Gwiju: Goryeo routs the Khitan army10 March 1019 · East Asia
Li Yuanhao proclaims the Great Xia (Western Xia)10 November 1038 · East Asia
Bi Sheng invents movable typebetween 1041 and 1048 · East Asia
The ‘guest star’ of 1054: Song astronomers record a supernova4 July 1054 · East Asia
Wang Anshi’s New Policies26 February 1069 – 16 September 1086 · East Asia
Emperor Shirakawa abdicates: the beginning of cloistered rule3 January 1087 · East Asia

Key participants

Song dynastyLiao dynastyBi ShengEmperor Shengzong of LiaoEmperor Shenzong of SongEmperor ShirakawaEmperor Zhenzong of SongFujiwara no MichinagaGoryeoKang Gam-chan (Kang Kamch'an)Li Yuanhao (Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia)Murasaki Shikibu

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