Northern Qi
Qi 齊 | |||||||||
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| 550–577 | |||||||||
The Northern Qi and main contemporary polities in Asia c. 576 | |||||||||
Administrative divisions in 572 AD | |||||||||
| Capital | Yecheng | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Emperor | |||||||||
| Historical era | Northern Dynasties | ||||||||
• Established | 9 June 550 | ||||||||
| 28 February 577 | |||||||||
• Gao Shaoyi's capture by Northern Zhou | 27 July 580 | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| 557 | 1,500,000 km2 (580,000 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Currency | Chinese coin, Chinese cash | ||||||||
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| Today part of | China | ||||||||
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Qi, known as the Northern Qi (traditional Chinese: 北齊; simplified Chinese: 北齐; pinyin: Běi Qí; Wade–Giles: Pei3-Ch'i2), Later Qi (後齊) or Gao Qi (高齊) in historiography, was a Chinese imperial dynasty and one of the Northern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties era. It ruled the eastern part of northern China from 550 to 577. The dynasty was founded by Gao Yang (Emperor Wenxuan), and was eventually conquered by the Xianbei-led Northern Zhou dynasty in 577.