People / group
Jie people
The Jie were a non-Chinese people of northern China in the 4th century, probably of Central Asian origin and associated with the Xiongnu confederation, settled in Shanxi. Their leader Shi Le founded the Later Zhao state, which dominated northern China. In 350 the general Ran Min ordered the massacre of the Jie in Ye, and they disappear as a distinct people soon afterwards.
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