Five Dynasties: Later Liang 後梁 (907-923) Later Tang 後唐 (923-936) Later Jin 後晉 (936-946) Later Han 後漢 (947-950) Later Zhou 後周 (951-960) The Five Dynasties were short-lived empires that were founded in the north as successor states of the great Tang Dynasty 唐. Their main or eastern capital was in Kaifeng 開封/Henan, the western capital was Luoyang 洛陽/Henan.

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