Are the Sixteen Kingdoms a dynasty and what are the Sixteen Kingdoms?

The Sixteen Kingdoms are not dynasties, to say that dynasties belong to the Jin Dynasty. At that time, it was said that there were five Hu and sixteen countries, but in fact there were more than that. In addition to the 16 countries of Cheng Han, Former Zhao, Later Zhao, Former Qin, Later Qin, Western Qin, Former Yan Houyan, Southern Yan, Northern Yan, Qianliang, Houliang, Xiliang, Northern Liang, Southern Liang, and Xia, there are also countries such as the Western Yan Dynasty, Ran, Wei, and Qiuchi.

The date began in the first year of Yongxing of Emperor Hui of the Jin Dynasty (304 AD) and ended in the fifth year of Taiyan of Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty (439 AD), which is approximately equivalent to the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

The Five Hu Sixteen Kingdoms (304-439), abbreviated as the Sixteen Kingdoms, was a period in Chinese history. This period began in 304, when Liu Yuan and Li Xiong established the Han Zhao (later known as the Former Zhao) and Cheng Han, respectively, to the destruction of the Northern Liang by the Northern Wei Tuoba Tao (Taiwu Emperor) in 439. The range roughly covers North China, Shudi, and Liaodong, and can reach as far as Mobei, Jianghuai and the Western Regions.

Among the many ethnic groups in the Central Plains, the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Qiang and Di are the mainstays, collectively referred to as Wuhu. The Sixteen Kingdoms refer to Qianliang, Houliang, Southern Liang, Western Liang, Northern Liang, Qianzhao, Houzhao, Qianqin, Houqin, Western Qin, Qianyan, Houyan, Southern Yan, Northern Yan, Xia, and Chenghan. The Northern Wei historian Cui Hong wrote the Spring and Autumn Period of the Sixteen Kingdoms with sixteen of them, so later historians called this period the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms.

The Sixteen Kingdoms belong to an era, but not to a dynasty. It was made up of sixteen small states: Cheng Han Former Zhao, Later Zhao, Former Liang, Later Liang, Southern Liang, Western Liang, Northern Liang, Former Qin, Later Qin, Western Qin, Former Yan, Later Yan, Southern Yan, Northern Yan, Xia, (in fact, there was also a Western Yan Empire).

But none of them were orthodox, and the only orthodox dynasty in China at that time was the Great Jin Dynasty!!

Yes The Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms, referred to as the Sixteen Kingdoms, is a period in Chinese history. This period began in 304 when Li Xiong and Liu Yuan established the Chengguo (Cheng Han) in Shu and the Han Zhao (later known as Qianzhao) in the Central Plains, and ended in 439 when Tuoba Tao (Taiwu Emperor) of the Northern Wei Dynasty destroyed the Northern Liang. During this period, the Jiangnan and Jingxiang regions of China were controlled by the Eastern Jin Dynasty, while more than 20 countries were established in the north and southwest.

Among them, the sixteen countries of Cheng Han, Former Zhao, Later Zhao, Qianliang, Northern Liang, Western Liang, Later Liang, Southern Liang, Qianyan, Houyan, Southern Yan, Northern Yan, Xia, Qianqin, Western Qin, and Later Qin were strong and were collectively referred to as the Sixteen Kingdoms.

It was not a dynasty, the Sixteen Kingdoms were just the social pattern of the time.

No, it's just a period when many countries are not unified, and in ancient times, only a unified country was called a dynasty. . .

Not a dynasty, to be exact, but a historical period.

Not count, the dynasties are to be able to dominate the world, they are at most vassal states, hehe.

NO is a general term for a particular historical period.

The period of the Sixteen Kingdoms represents the period between the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty in the north (including Bashu, Yunnan, and the Western Regions) and the unification of North China by the Northern Wei Dynasty, while the period in the south was the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

The Sixteen Kingdoms are located in the middle of the Jin Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty, and the Sixteen Kingdoms refer to the dynasties that emerged in China after the fall of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and ended with the Sui Dynasty established by Yang Jian, which lasted for about a few hundred years. This period began in 304 when Li Xiong and Liu Yuan established the Chengguo (Cheng Han) in Bashu in the Han Dynasty and the Han Zhao (later known as the former Zhao) in the Central Plains, and ended in 439 when the Northern Wei Tuoba Tao (Taiwu Emperor) destroyed the Northern Liang.

Characteristics of the period of the Sixteen KingdomsDuring the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, the Jiangnan and Jingxiang regions of the Han Dynasty were controlled by the Eastern Jin Dynasty, while more than 20 countries were established in the northern and southwestern parts of the Han Dynasty. Among them, the former Liang, Cheng Han, the former Zhao, the Later Zhao, the Northern Liang, the Western Liang, the Later Liang, the Southern Liang, the former Yan, the Later Yan, the Southern Yan, the Northern Yan, the Xia, the former Qin, the Western Qin, the Later Qin sixteen countries were strong, and the Northern Wei historian Cui Hong took sixteen of them to represent this period and called this period the Sixteen Kingdoms. The scope roughly covers the central, eastern, southwestern, and western parts of the Han region, and can reach as far as Mobei and the Western Regions.

List of Chinese dynasties:

Xia, Shang, Zhou [Western Zhou, Eastern Zhou (Spring and Autumn, Warring States)], Qin, Han (Western Han, Eastern Han), Three Kingdoms (Wei, Shu, Wu), Jin (Western Jin, Eastern Jin), Wuhu and Sixteen Kingdoms, Northern and Southern Dynasties [Southern Dynasties (Song, Qi, Liang, Chen),

Northern Dynasties (Northern Wei, Eastern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Qi, Northern Zhou)], Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties (Later Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, Later Zhou), Ten Kingdoms [Former Shu, Later Shu, Wu, Southern Tang, Wu Yue, Fujian, Chu, Southern Han, Nanping (Jingnan), Northern Han], Song (Northern Song, Southern Song), Liao, Western Xia, Jin, Yuan, Ming, Qing.

Sixteen Kingdoms: During the Sixteen Kingdoms period, the Jiangnan and Jingxiang regions of the Han Dynasty were controlled by the Eastern Jin Dynasty, while more than 20 countries were established in the northern and southwestern parts of the Han Dynasty.

Among them, the sixteen countries of Cheng Han, Former Zhao, Later Zhao, Former Liang, Northern Liang, Western Liang, Later Liang, Southern Liang, Former Yan, Later Yan, Southern Yan, Northern Yan, Xia, Former Qin, Western Qin, and Later Qin were strong, and the Northern Wei historian Cui Hong took sixteen of them to represent this period and called this period the "Sixteen Kingdoms".