State · 206 BCE – 220 CE
Han dynasty
A state of 206 BCE – 220 CE — 426 years in East and Southeast Asia. It replaced Qin dynasty. It was followed by Eastern Wu, Cao Wei and Shu Han. The atlas records 94 things within it — wars and battles 13 · unrest and atrocity 2 · people 79. Its line of rulers holds 31 people. Its own article says it was replaced by Three Kingdoms.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 426 years
- 206 BCE – 220
- Rulers
- 31
- the Emperor of China
- Most ground
- 4.59 million km²
- in 91
- Within it
- 94
- recorded rows
202 BCE · first mapped · 2.04 million km²
91 · at its largest · 4.59 million km²
215 · last mapped · 1.67 million km²
Where it sits in time
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
- Qin dynasty · replaces · 221 – 206 BCE
After it
- Eastern Wu · followed by · 198 – 280
- Shu Han · followed by · 221 – 263
- Cao Wei · followed by · 220 – 265
How it ended, as its article says
Replaced by Three Kingdoms, 220. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
It was succeeded by the Three Kingdoms period (220–280 AD) and also briefly interrupted by the Xin dynasty (9–23 AD) established by the usurping regent Wang Mang.
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rulers
The line of Emperor of China.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emperor Gaozu of Han | 202 BCE – 195 BCE | 7 years | died in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term | |
| Emperor Hui of Han | 195 BCE – 188 BCE | 7 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Emperor Qianshao of Han | 188 BCE – 184 BCE | 4 years | killedWikidata's manner of death | child |
| Emperor Houshao of Han | 184 BCE – 180 BCE | 4 years | executedWikidata's manner of death | sibling |
| Emperor Wen of Han | 180 BCE – 157 BCE | 23 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Emperor Jing of Han | 157 BCE – 141 BCE | 16 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Emperor Wu of Han | 141 BCE – 87 BCE | 54 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Emperor Zhao of Han | 87 BCE – 74 BCE | 13 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Marquis of Haihun | 74 BCE – 74 BCE | under a year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | nephew or niece |
| Emperor Xuan of Han | 74 BCE – 48 BCE | 26 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Emperor Yuan of Han | 48 BCE – 33 BCE | 15 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Emperor Cheng of Han | 33 BCE – 7 BCE | 26 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Emperor Ai of Han | 7 BCE – 1 BCE | 6 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | nephew or niece |
| Emperor Ping of Han | 1 BCE – 6 | 7 years | killedWikidata's manner of death | |
| Ruzi Ying | 6 – 9 | 3 years | abdicatedWikidata's end cause on the term | |
| Emperor Gengshi of Han | 23 – 25 | 2 years | abdicatedWikidata's end cause on the term | |
| Ruzi Ying | 24 – 25 | 1 year | died in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term | |
| Liu Penzi | 25 – 27 | 2 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Emperor Guangwu of Han | 25 – 57 | 32 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Emperor Ming of Han | 57 – 75 | 18 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Emperor Zhang of Han | 75 – 88 | 13 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Emperor He of Han | 88 – 106 | 18 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Emperor Shang of Han | 106 – 106 | under a year | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Emperor An of Han | 106 – 125 | 19 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Marquess of Beixiang | 125 – 125 | under a year | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Emperor Shun of Han | 125 – 144 | 19 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Emperor Chong of Han | 144 – 145 | 1 year | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Emperor Zhi of Han | 145 – 146 | 1 year | killedWikidata's manner of death | |
| Emperor Huan of Han | 146 – 168 | 22 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Emperor Ling of Han | 168 – 189 | 21 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Liu Bian | 189 – 189 | under a year | killed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | child |
| Emperor Xian of Han | 189 – 220 | 31 years | ended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the term | sibling |
31 rulers, 31 with terms dated as terms, covering 202 BCE – 220. Median reign 10 years. 8 of 31 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
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.
2.04 million km² in 181 BCE, 1.67 million km² in 220; at its largest 4.59 million km² in 94. 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.
300 BCE – 201 BCE5 rows · 1 wars and battles
- Emperor Gaozu of Han · ruler · 256 – 195 BCE
- Emperor Hui of Han · ruler · 213 – 188 BCE
- Emperor Wen of Han · ruler · 203 – 157 BCE
- Battle of Gaixia · battle · 202 BCE
- Chen Ping · politician · 251 – 178 BCE
200 BCE – 101 BCE14 rows · 2 wars and battles · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Sima Qian · scientist · 145 – 86 BCE
- Emperor Wu of Han · ruler · 156 – 87 BCE
- Zhang Qian · explorer · 200 – 114 BCE
- Emperor Jing of Han · ruler · 188 – 141 BCE
- Emperor Qianshao of Han · ruler · 193 – 184 BCE
- Emperor Houshao of Han · ruler · 196 – 180 BCE
- Huo Qubing · politician · 140 – 117 BCE
- Liu An · philosopher · 179 – 122 BCE
and 6 more in the atlas.
100 BCE – 1 BCE10 rows
- Emperor Guangwu of Han · ruler · 5 BCE – 57 CE
- Emperor Zhao of Han · ruler · 94 – 74 BCE
- Emperor Xuan of Han · ruler · 91 – 48 BCE
- Emperor Ai of Han · ruler · 24 – 1 BCE
- Emperor Ping of Han · ruler · 9 BCE – 6 CE
- Emperor Yuan of Han · ruler · 75 – 33 BCE
- Liu Xiang · scientist · 77 – 6 BCE
- Emperor Cheng of Han · ruler · 51 – 7 BCE
and 2 more in the atlas.
0 – 9911 rows
- Cai Lun · inventor · 50 – 121
- Zhang Heng · inventor · 78 – 139
- Ban Gu · politician · 32 – 92
- Ban Chao · explorer · 32 – 102
- Emperor Ming of Han · ruler · 28 – 75
- Emperor Zhang of Han · ruler · 57 – 88
- Emperor An of Han · ruler · 94 – 125
- Ruzi Ying · ruler · 5 – 25
and 3 more in the atlas.
100 – 19941 rows · 4 wars and battles · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Zhuge Liang · inventor · 181 – 234
- Guan Yu · commander · 160 – 220
- Yellow Turban Rebellion · unrest · 184 – 205
- Zhang Fei · politician · 167 – 221
- Emperor Xian of Han · ruler · 181 – 234
- Sima Yi · politician · 179 – 251
- Yuan Shao · politician · 154 – 202
- Dong Zhuo · politician · 132 – 192
and 33 more in the atlas.
200 – 29913 rows · 6 wars and battles
- Battle of Red Cliffs · battle · 208
- Hua Tuo · scientist · 200 – 208
- Battle of Guandu · battle · 200
- Jiang Wei · politician · 202 – 264
- Sima Zhao · politician · 211 – 265
- Xiahou Yuan · commander · 200 – 219
- Wei Yan · politician · 200 – 234
- Yu Jin · commander · 200 – 221
and 5 more in the atlas.
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 stood426 years
stood longer than 82% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held4,585,200 km²
held more ground at its peak than 97% 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.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median13 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 44% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record31
has more rulers on record than 95% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 2 causes the record names and 3 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.
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
- On the timeline, 249 BCE – 263, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 91, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q7209 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.