Later Yan

Rouran epoch Göktürk epoch Uyghur epoch Kirghiz epoch

Rouran First Göktürk Tang rule Second Göktürk Uyghur Kirghiz Huns Western Göktürk Türgesh Karluk Khazar

Rouran 400–554
First Göktürk 552–630
Tang rule 630–682
Second Göktürk 682–744
Uyghur 744–840
Kirghiz 840–924
Huns 370–469
Western Göktürk 552–659
Türgesh 699–766
Karluk 766–800
Khazar 650–969

When the Former Qin fell apart after 383, the Murong refounded their state. The Chinese records call it the Later Yan. It controlled the North China plain for a decade. In 395 the Tuoba defeated it at Canhe Slope. The defeat was the turning point: from it the Tuoba went on to build the Northern Wei, and the Murong did not recover. The state broke into fragments, and the last of them ended in 407.

In the north-east, one power gave way to another. The power that won is the one the Rouran and later the Göktürks would face.