Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 722 – 223 BCE

Chu (state)

A state of 722 – 223 BCE — 499 years in East and Southeast Asia. It replaced Lu, Cai and Chen and 5 more. It was replaced by Qin dynasty and Qin. The atlas records 6 things within it — wars and battles 2 · people 4.

  • Wikidata's English label: Chu.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
499 years
722 BCE – 223 BCE
Most ground
589,300 km²
in 284 BCE
Within it
6
recorded rows
Map: Chu (state) in 284 BCE, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Chu (state) in 284 BCE, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 589,300 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.
Chu (state) in 750 BCE, first mapped

750 BCE · first mapped · 353,500 km²

Chu (state) in 284 BCE, at its largest

284 BCE · at its largest · 589,300 km²

The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Cai: 1045 BCE – 447 BCEShen Guo: 841 BCE – 681 BCEChen: 901 BCE – 479 BCEQin: 905 BCE – 221 BCEQin dynasty: 221 BCE – 206 BCEChu (state): 722 BCE – 223 BCE

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

  • Cai · replaces · 1045 – 447 BCE
  • Shen Guo · replaces · 841 – 681 BCE
  • Chen · replaces · 901 – 479 BCE
  • Qi (Henan) · replaces · 1601 – 445 BCE
  • Ju · replaces · 1046 – 431 BCE
  • Na · replaces
  • Lu · replaces · 1101 – 249 BCE
  • Xi · replaces

After it

  • Qin · replaced by · 905 – 221 BCE
  • Qin dynasty · replaced by · 221 – 206 BCE

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

700 BCE600 BCE500 BCE400 BCE300 BCE

353,500 km² in 722 BCE, 530,900 km² in 247 BCE; at its largest 563,700 km² in 322 BCE. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

800 BCE – 701 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other800 BCE700 BCE – 601 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other700 BCE600 BCE – 501 BCE: 1 recorded — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other600 BCE500 BCE – 401 BCE: 1 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other500 BCE400 BCE – 301 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other400 BCE300 BCE – 201 BCE: 4 recorded — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other300 BCE

600 BCE – 501 BCE1 row · 1 wars and battles

500 BCE – 401 BCE1 row

  • Wu Qi · philosopher · 440 – 381 BCE

300 BCE – 201 BCE4 rows · 1 wars and battles

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood499 years

    stood longer than 86% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held589,300 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 77% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.

  • Wars recorded per centurynone

    had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 8 causes the record names and 2 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

Qi (Henan) · Linked · 1550 BCE – 445 BCEQi (Henan)Lu · Linked · 1050 BCE – 249 BCELuJu · Linked · 1046 BCE – 431 BCEJuCai · Linked · 1045 BCE – 447 BCECaiChen · Linked · 850 BCE – 479 BCEChenShen Guo · Linked · 841 BCE – 681 BCEShen GuoChu (state) · 722 BCE – 223 BCEChu (state)Qin dynasty · Linked · 221 BCE – 206 BCEQin dynastyQin · Linked · 905 BCE – 221 BCEQin1500 BCE1000 BCE500 BCE
linked

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q504759 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.