Western Xia (Tangut) (1038–1227 CE)

1. Tangut script is created for state use

   Jan 1, 1036Labels: Tangut script, Yeli Renrong

   • Tangut script
   • Yeli Renrong

2. Tangut leader ends Song tribute, claims imperial status

   Nov 10, 1038Labels: Li Yuanhao, Xingqing

   • Britannica
   • Western Xia

3. Song–Xia war begins after Western Xia’s founding

   Jan 1, 1040Labels: Song Xia, Northern Song

   • Song Xia wars
   • Western Xia

4. Song and Western Xia reach the 1044 peace

   Jan 1, 1044Labels: 1044 peace, Song dynasty

   • Song Xia wars
   • Li Yuanhao

5. Child emperor Yizong reign begins in Western Xia

   Jan 1, 1048Labels: Emperor Yizong, regency

   • Yizong
   • Western Xia

6. Founding emperor Li Yuanhao dies; succession continues

   Jan 19, 1048Labels: Li Yuanhao, succession

   • Britannica
   • Jingzong

7. Baisigou Square Pagoda built during Huizong’s era

   Jan 1, 1076Labels: Baisigou Pagoda, Ningxia

   • Baisigou Pagoda

8. Chongzong’s long reign strengthens central government

   Jan 1, 1086Labels: Emperor Chongzong, centralization

   • Chongzong
   • Western Xia

9. Renzong’s reign expands schools, exams, and Buddhism

   Jul 1, 1139Labels: Emperor Renzong, examination system

   • Renzong Xia
   • Western Xia

10. Movable-type Tangut Buddhist printing associated with Renzong era

    Jan 1, 1180Labels: movable type, Auspicious Tantra

    • Auspicious Tantra
    • Movable type

11. Mongol raids begin Western Xia’s long crisis

    Jan 1, 1205Labels: Mongol raids, Mongol Empire

    • Western Xia
    • Xia conquest

12. Coup deposes Huanzong; Xiangzong takes the throne

    Jan 1, 1206Labels: Emperor Huanzong, coup

    • Western Xia
    • Huanzong

13. Full Mongol invasion reaches the Western Xia capital

    Jan 1, 1209Labels: Genghis Khan, 1209 invasion

    • Xia conquest

14. Western Xia is subjugated by the Mongols

    Jan 1, 1210Labels: subjugation, Mongol vassalage

    • Western Xia
    • Xia conquest

15. Second Mongol campaign begins the final conquest

    Jan 1, 1225Labels: 1225 campaign, final conquest

    • Xia conquest

16. Western Xia collapses after surrender and sack of the capital

    Sep 1, 1227Labels: fall of, Xingqing

    • Xia conquest
    • Western Xia