the ledger of connections
The Connections of Wu Zetian
Founding empress of Zhou dynasty (r. 690–705); de facto ruler of Tang dynasty from 665 to 690 Every person recorded alongside Wu Zetian in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Wu Zetian in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Wu Shihuo, Yang
- Spouses
- Emperor Gaozong of Tang
- Children
- Li Hong, Li Xian, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Emperor Ruizong of Tang, Princess Taiping, Princess Si of Anding, Wu Shi
- Siblings
- Wu Shun, Wu Yuanqing, Wu Yuanshuang
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 624 CE to 705 CE.
Medieval era
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
c. 570 CE – 8 June 632 CE
Final Prophet of Islam whose message united Arabia and today guides two billion people
Medieval era
Abu Bakr
October 27, 573 CE – August 23, 634 CE
1st Rashidun Caliph and father-in-law of Muhammad
Medieval era
Hasan ibn Ali
March 1, 625 CE – 669 CE
5th Rashidun Caliph (r. 661) and second Shia Imam
Medieval era
Muawiya I
603 CE – 680 CE
Founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate (r. 661–680)
Medieval era
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
646 CE – October 9, 705 CE
Umayyad caliph from 685 to 705
Medieval era
Al-Walid I
668 CE – February 23, 715 CE
Umayyad caliph
Medieval era
Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz
November 2, 681 CE – February 5, 720 CE
Umayyad caliph from 717 to 720
Medieval era
Tariq ibn Ziyad
670 CE – 720 CE
8th-century Muslim general
Medieval era
Li Bai
May 19, 701 CE – November 30, 762 CE
Classical Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty (701–762)
Medieval era
Raja Dahir
663 CE – 712 CE
Ruler of Sindh (663–712)
Medieval era
Raedwald of East Anglia
c. 550 CE – 624 CE
7th-century Anglo-Saxon king
Medieval era
Penda of Mercia
606 CE – November 15, 655 CE
7th-century King of Mercia