Northern Song (960–1127)
FORMER IMPERIAL DYNASTY OF CHINA
Sung Dynasty; South Sung Dynasty; Song Empire; Southern Song Dynasty; Sung dynasty; Northern Song; Southern Song; Soong Dynasty; Soong Dynasty (960-1279); Sung Dynasty (960-1279); Song China; Song Dynasty (960-1279); 宋朝; Sòng Dynasty; Sung China; Bei Song; Southern Song dynasty; Sung period; Song Dynast; Song last name; Northern Song dynasty; Northern Sung; Northern song; Southern Sung; Sung Empire; The Song Dynasty; Southern Sung dynasty; Northern Sung dynasty; The Sung Dynasty; Sòng Cháo; Sung Ch'ao; Song empire; Song Dynasty (960–1279); Song Dynasty; Empire of Song; Great Song; Song dai; Sòng dynasty; South Song Dynasty; North Song Dynasty; Northern Song (960–1127); Great Sung; The Northern Song Dynasty; Song period; Songdai; Sung era; Sung government; Zhao Song; South Song dynasty; 北宋; Northern Song Dynasty; Northern Song (960-1127); 南宋
The Northern Song (; 4 February 960 – 20 March 1127) was a Chinese imperial dynasty and the first half of the Song dynasty. The dynastic founder, Emperor Taizu, seized the throne of the Later Zhou (the last in a succession of five short-lived dynasties).