Dynasties in Monsilvan history

Dynasties in Monsilvan history, or Monsilvan dynasties, were hereditary monarchical regimes that ruled over parts of or all of Monsilva for a lot of its history. The earliest confirmed dynasty that ruled in Monsilva was the Xia dynasty in c. 820 BCE which controlled a small portion of southern Monsilva. However it is likely that Monsilva's first dynasties began in the early 13th century BCE. The final dynasty is debated, while some believe it was the Zhou dynasty, which began in 1201 and ended in 1500, some consider the Kingdom of Great Shan, which was formed after it gained independence from the Empire of Baltanla in 1730, as Monsilva's final dynasty, as it followed a similar political structure to the Zhou. While some people consider the Kingdom of Monsilva as Monsilva's last dynasty, as although it had become a democracy with the monarchy having little to no power, it still retained a royal house. Either way, the Monsilvan Civil War saw an end to absolute monarchy in 1830 with the establishment of the Kingdom of Monsilva out of the Great Shan. The end of the Monsilvan Revolution in 1978 saw the end of c. 3000 years of monarchy in Monsilva.

Almost all of Monsilva's dynasties have been controlled by ethnic Monsilvan royal houses. However, throughout Monsilva's dynastic history, there have been multiple periods where a kingdom or dynasty lead by another ethnicity (or claimed to be lead by another ethnicity) have ruled in what is now modern day Monsilva. Major examples of these include the Beining Heavenly Kingdom (1414–1500) and the Empire of Baltanla, which was lead by Baltanese, although Monsilva had its own subordinate government within the Empire, most decisions had to be authorized by the Empire's central government.

The longest-reigning orthodox dynasty of Monsilva was the Qin dynasty which lasted around 708 years. However, the name 'Qin' was retained by three further dynasties which succeeded the original Qin. If these are included, the Qin dynasty would have lasted around 1993 years. Although nowadays these dynasties are suffixed with the word "dynasty" (代 or 朝 in Monsilvan), this was not used until during the Kingdom of Monsilva. The dynasties have referred to themselves by very different names throughout history. The earlier dynasties used "Tiāncháo" (天朝; "Celestial Dynasty"), while later it developed into "Shāncháo" (山朝; "Mountain Dynasty") during the late Zhou dynasty. The Kingdom of Great Shan was the first Monsilvan nation to give itself a universal name which would be used by people inside and outside the country, which was "Dàshān" (大山; "Great Shan") which eventually became "Shānguó" (山國; "Mountain Country") which is the modern name for Monsilva.

Terminology

In the Monsilvan language, the characters "cháo" (朝), which originally mean "morning" or "today", and "dài" (代), which means "era", are used to refer to dynasties today.

• –cháo (朝): a dynasty (ie. 夏朝; "Xià cháo"; "Xia dynasty")
• –dài (代): an era corresponding to the rule of a dynasty. Mainly used during the Zhou dynasty (周代; "Zhōu dài"), Kingdom of Great Shan (山代; "Shān dài") and the Kingdom of Monsilva (contained two eras, 燕代; "Yàn dài" and 王代; "Wáng dài").

List of dynasties

This list includes the major dynasties of Monsilva that are typically found in simplified forms of Monsilvan historical timelines. This list is neither comprehensive nor representative of Monsilvan history as a whole.

Major dynasties of Monsilva

	Dynasty	Period of rule		Rulers
	Name (Jackian / Monsilvan)	Year	Term	Founder	Last monarch
Early dynastic Monsilva
	Xia dynasty 夏朝 Xià Cháo	820–537 BCE	283 years	Yu of Xia	Jie of Xia
	Xin dynasty 新朝 Xīn Cháo	814–540 BCE	274 years	Wang Mang	Jujin of Xin
	Ma dynasty 馬朝 Mǎ Cháo	800–542 BCE	258 years	Wumu of Ma	Xichong of Ma
	Qin dynasty 秦朝 Qín Cháo	792–84 BCE	708 years	Qin Shi Wong	Ying of Qin
	Ji dynasty (aka Former Yuan) 紀朝 Jì Cháo	765–540 BCE	225 years	Ping of Ji	Nan of Ji
	Liang dynasty 梁朝 Liáng Cháo	542–217 BCE	325 years	Wu of Liang	Jing of Liang
	Huang dynasty (aka Early Song) 黃朝 Huáng Cháo	540–176 BCE	364 years	Wong	Shu of Huang
	Zhang dynasty (aka Later Xin) 張朝 Zhāng Cháo	540–225 BCE	315 years	Wen of Zhang	Gong of Zhang
	Wu dynasty 吳朝 Wú Cháo	537–225 BCE	312 years	Wu Gao	Shun of Wu
Mid dynastic Monsilva
	Jin dynasty 晉朝 Jìn Cháo	225 BCE – 99 CE	324 years	Jin Tai	Wan of Jin
	Tsao dynasty 曹朝 Cáo Cháo	217 BCE – 156 CE	373 years	Wen of Tsao	Yuan of Tsao
	Song dynasty 宋朝 Sòng Cháo	176 BCE – 199 CE	375 years	Song Taizu	Zhao Bing
	Zhong dynasty 中朝 Zhōng Cháo	84 BCE – 374 CE	458 years	Zhong Chu	Jichong of Zhong
	Han dynasty 漢朝 Hàn Cháo	60–650 CE	590 years	Han Shizu	Ying of Han
	Zhao dynasty 趙朝 Zhào Cháo	99–312 CE	213 years	Guang of Zhao	Liu of Zhao
	Tang dynasty 唐朝 Táng Cháo	156–650 CE	494 years	Gaozu of Tang	Ai of Tang
	Li dynasty (aka Later Song) 黎朝 Lí Cháo	199–526 CE	327 years	Li Dezong	Taizu of Li
	Feng dynasty (aka Later Zhao) 馮朝 Féng Cháo	312–618 CE	306 years	Feng Tian	Zhongyi of Feng
	Yuwen dynasty (aka Later Qin) 宇文朝 Yǔwén Cháo	374–650 CE	276 years	Yuwen Xian	Murong Chao
	Yuan dynasty 元朝 Yuán Cháo	526–844 CE	318 years	Shizu of Yuan	Huizong of Yuan
Later dynastic Monsilva
	Shang dynasty 商朝 Shāng Cháo	618–844 CE	226 years	Tang of Shang	Zhou of Shang
	Xi dynasty (aka Greater Han) 習朝 Xí Cháo	650–1201 CE	551 years	Ying of Xi	Gao of Xi
	Luhk dynasty (aka Greater Qin) 陸朝 Lù Cháo	650–1201 CE	551 years	Murong Chao	Sun of Luhk
	Sun dynasty (aka Later Shang) 孫朝 Sūn Cháo	844–1201 CE	357 years	Sun Da	Sun Hao
	Western Yuan 西元 Xī Yuán	844–1201 CE	357 years	Huizong of Yuan	Min of Western Yuan
Imperial Monsilva
	Zhou dynasty 周代 Zhōu Dài	1201–1568	367 years	Zhou Jing	Zhou Yu
	Beining Heavenly Kingdom 北佞天國 Běinìng Tiānguó	1414–1568	154 years	Xiaojing Yuan	Peng Qingsheng
	Kingdom of Shaoyu 哨域王國 Shàoyù Wángguó	1500–1568	68 years	Zhao Bo	Zhao Yu
	Principality of the Shan 山公國 Shān Gōngguó	1568-1730	162 years	Zhong Qing	Shunsi of Great Shan
	Commonwealth of Shaoyu 哨域联邦 Shàoyù Liánbāng	1568-1731	163 years	Zhao Yu	Zhao De
	Great Shan 大山 / 山代 Dà Shān / Shān Dài	1730–1830	100 years	Shunsi of Great Shan	Xuantong of Great Shan
Modern Monsilva
	House of Yan (Kingdom of Monsilva) 燕代 Yàn Dài	1830–1943	113 years	Song of Yan	Qing of Yan
	House of Wang (Kingdom of Monsilva) 王代 Wáng Dài	1943–1978	35 years	Wang Ji

See also

• Monarchy of Monsilva
• Emperor of Monsilva
• Timeline of Monsilvan history
• Political history of Monsilva