This dynasty's rise coincided with the Turks' division into separate empires along the northern and western borders, which the dynasty's founder supported through his alliance with the Western Turk Tardu.
This dynasty's rise coincided with the Turks' division into separate empires along the northern and western borders, which the dynasty's founder supported through his alliance with the Western Turk Tardu. Consolidating power by dethroning the emperor of the Hou Liang state in the Yangtze Valley and the southern Ch'en, the new emperor then promulgated the New Code of 581, later revised into the K'ai-huang Code. For 10 points, name this dynasty led by Yang-ti and his predecessor Wen-ti, the name of which sounds a little like a hog call.
This dynasty's rise coincided with the Turks' division into separate empires along the northern and western borders, which the dynasty's founder supported through his alliance with the Western Turk Tardu.
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