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Later Zhao, Jie kingdom of

State Defunct 335 CE – 351 CE Capital Handan Hebei (Hopeh) China

The Later Zhao (319-351) is a state of the Sixteen Kingdoms during the Jin Dynasty (265-420) in China.

It is founded by the Shi family of the Jie ethnicity.

The Later Zhao is the second in territories to the Former Qin that once unified Northern China under Fu Jiān.When Later Zhao is founded by Shi Le, the capital is at Xiangguo (in modern Xintai, Hebei), but in 335 Shi Hu moves the capital to Yecheng (in modern Handan, Hebei), where it will remain for the rest of the state's history (except for Shi Zhi's brief attempt to revive the state at Xiangguo).

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