Later Zhou

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951 – 960 · up to 903 thousand km² · Asia

Capital: Kaifeng

Zhou, known as the Later Zhou in historiography, was a short-lived Chinese imperial dynasty and the last of the Five Dynasties that controlled most of northern China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Founded by Guo Wei, it was preceded by the Later Han dynasty and succeeded by the Northern Song dynasty.

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Predecessors: Later Han dynasty

Successors: Northern Song, Northern Song dynasty

Events on its territory

• 960 Founding of the Song dynasty