5+Dynasty+Era

1. Many armed conflicts 2. Political instability 3. Economic decline 4. Buddhism heavily declined in Northern China around 955 A.D. 5. The Five Dynasties: 6. These dynasties quickly preceded each other. 7. The Five Dynasties was from 907-960. thats only 50 years for all of the dynastys combined.
 * [|Later Liang Dynasty] (June 5, 907-923)
 * [|Later Tang Dynasty] (923-936)
 * [|Later Jin Dynasty] (936-947)
 * [|Later Han Dynasty] (947-951 or 982, depending on whether Northern Han is considered part of the dynasty)
 * [|Later Zhou Dynasty] (951-960)