namely later liang tang jin han zhou rapidly succeeded one another control traditional imperial heartland northern china among regimes rulers later tang jin han sinicized shatuo turks ruled ethnic majority han chinese stable smaller regimes mostly ethnic han rulers coexisted south western china period cumulatively constituted ten kingdoms amidst political chaos north strategic sixteen prefectures region along today 's great wall ceded emerging khitan liao dynasty drastically weakened defense china
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