56 maps · 750 BC to 2020
Historical maps of China and East Asia: 750 BC to 2020
Every state and empire in China and East Asia, year by year, from 750 BC to 2020. Pick a year to see which states held the land, which ones were new since the year before, and the atlas chapters that tell their story. Each year opens on the interactive map, where you can move through every year between them and ask the history guide what happened.
750 BC18 states · the Spring and Autumn States, Chu and Wu500 BC19 states · the Spring and Autumn States, Chu and Wu323 BC17 states · the Warring States China, Chu and Minyue200 BC6 states · Xiongnu, the Han Dynasty and Nanyue100 BC5 states · the Han Dynasty, Xiongnu and Korean JinAD 18 states · the Alliance between Han Dynasty and Xiongnu, Xiongnu and Goguryeo10010 states · the Alliance between Han Dynasty and Xiongnu, Xiongnu and Xianbei20010 states · Xianbei, the Han Dynasty and Cao Cao30010 states · Western Jin, Tuyuhun and Goguryeo40019 states · Western Jin, Northern Wei and Later Yan50014 states · Alliance between Northern Wei and Rouran Khaganate, Rouran Khaganate and Southern Qi60016 states · the Sui Dynasty, Western Göktürks and Tuyuhun70014 states · the Tang Dynasty, Türgesh and the Tibetan Empire80015 states · the Tang Dynasty, Uyghur Khaganate and the Tibetan Empire90019 states · the Tang Dynasty, Tibetans and Balhae100021 states · Northern Song, the Liao Dynasty and Tibetans110019 states · Northern Song, the Liao Dynasty and Tibetans120017 states · Allegiance of Southern Song to Great Jin, Vassalage of Western Xia to Great Jin and Allegiance of Goryeo to Great Jin130019 states · the Allegiance of Chagatai Khanate to Yuan Dynasty, the Allegiance of Golden Horde to Yuan Dynasty and the Allegiance of Ilkhanate to Yuan Dynasty140022 states · the Allegiance of Joseon to Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty and Northern Yuan144422 states · the Allegiance of Joseon to Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty and Four Oirats145321 states · the Allegiance of Joseon to Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty and Four Oirats149222 states · the Allegiance of Joseon to Ming Dynasty, the Mongol Khanate and the Ming Dynasty150023 states · the Allegiance of Joseon to Ming Dynasty, the Mongol Khanate and the Ming Dynasty155024 states · the Allegiance of Joseon to Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty and the Golden Horde160023 states · the Ming Dynasty, the Golden Horde and Tibet164825 states · the Qing Dynasty, the Golden Horde and Southern Ming170020 states · the Qing Dynasty, Tsardom of Russia and Tibet175024 states · the Qing Dynasty, the Russian Empire and Tibet177621 states · the Qing Dynasty, the Russian Empire and Tibet178919 states · the Qing Dynasty, the Russian Empire and Tibet180017 states · the Qing Dynasty, the Russian Empire and the Konbaung Dynasty181520 states · the Qing Dynasty, the Russian Empire and the Konbaung Dynasty183016 states · the Qing Dynasty, the Russian Empire and Burma185016 states · the Qing Dynasty, the Russian Empire and Burma187119 states · the Qing Dynasty, the Russian Empire and the British Empire188019 states · the Qing Dynasty, the Russian Empire and the British Empire190015 states · the Qing Dynasty, the Russian Empire and the British Empire191016 states · the Qing Dynasty, the Russian Empire and the British Empire191417 states · the Republic of China, the Russian Empire and the Bogd Khanate of Mongolia191815 states · the Republic of China (Beiyang era), Anti-Bolshevik Russia (White governments) and the Bogd Khanate of Mongolia192014 states · the Republic of China (Beiyang era), the Republics of the Soviet Union and the British Empire193017 states · the Republic of China, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Mongolian People's Republic193815 states · the Republic of China, the Empire of Japan and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics193915 states · the Republic of China, the Empire of Japan and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics194015 states · the Republic of China, the Empire of Japan and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics194215 states · the Republic of China, the Empire of Japan and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics194515 states · the Republic of China, the Empire of Japan and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics195020 states · the People's Republic of China, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Mongolian People's Republic196021 states · the People's Republic of China, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Mongolian People's Republic197021 states · the People's Republic of China, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Mongolian People's Republic198019 states · the People's Republic of China, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Mongolian People's Republic199019 states · the People's Republic of China, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Mongolian People's Republic200017 states · the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation and Mongolia201017 states · the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation and Mongolia202017 states · the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation and Mongolia
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About these borders
The borders come from Cliopatria (v0.2.1, Seshat Global History Databank, CC BY 4.0), the dataset behind our interactive map, with our audited name and border corrections. It records each state's territory year by year from 3400 BC to 2024. Borders before modern surveys are reconstructions: the data draws a state where it held control, and frontier zones, nomadic realms and loose overlordships are approximate. Areas are measured on an equal-area projection. Read how we make our maps.