Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

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
Map: Han dynasty in 91, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Han dynasty in 91, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 4.59 million 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.
Han dynasty in 202 BCE, first mapped

202 BCE · first mapped · 2.04 million km²

Han dynasty in 91, at its largest

91 · at its largest · 4.59 million km²

Han dynasty in 215, last mapped

215 · last mapped · 1.67 million 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 BCE110002000Qin dynasty: 221 BCE – 206 BCEEastern Wu: 198 – 280Shu Han: 221 – 263Cao Wei: 220 – 265Han dynasty: 206 BCE – 220

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

After it

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.

Emperor Gaozu of Han · 202 BCE – 195 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Hui of Han · 195 BCE – 188 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Qianshao of Han · 188 BCE – 184 BCE · killedEmperor Houshao of Han · 184 BCE – 180 BCE · executedEmperor Wen of Han · 180 BCE – 157 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Jing of Han · 157 BCE – 141 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Wu of Han · 141 BCE – 87 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Zhao of Han · 87 BCE – 74 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedMarquis of Haihun · 74 BCE – 74 BCE · left office aliveEmperor Xuan of Han · 74 BCE – 48 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Yuan of Han · 48 BCE – 33 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Cheng of Han · 33 BCE – 7 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Ai of Han · 7 BCE – 1 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Ping of Han · 1 BCE – 6 · killedRuzi Ying · 6 – 9 · abdicatedEmperor Gengshi of Han · 23 – 25 · abdicatedRuzi Ying · 24 – 25 · died in office, manner not recordedLiu Penzi · 25 – 27 · left office aliveEmperor Guangwu of Han · 25 – 57 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Ming of Han · 57 – 75 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Zhang of Han · 75 – 88 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor He of Han · 88 – 106 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Shang of Han · 106 – 106 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor An of Han · 106 – 125 · died in office, manner not recordedMarquess of Beixiang · 125 – 125 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Shun of Han · 125 – 144 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Chong of Han · 144 – 145 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Zhi of Han · 145 – 146 · killedEmperor Huan of Han · 146 – 168 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Ling of Han · 168 – 189 · died in office, manner not recordedLiu Bian · 189 – 189 · killed, the article saysEmperor Xian of Han · 189 – 220 · ended by a named event200 BCE100 BCE1100200
killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roada second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared throne
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Emperor Gaozu of Han202 BCE – 195 BCE7 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term
Emperor Hui of Han195 BCE – 188 BCE7 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Emperor Qianshao of Han188 BCE – 184 BCE4 yearskilledWikidata's manner of deathchild
Emperor Houshao of Han184 BCE – 180 BCE4 yearsexecutedWikidata's manner of deathsibling
Emperor Wen of Han180 BCE – 157 BCE23 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Emperor Jing of Han157 BCE – 141 BCE16 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Emperor Wu of Han141 BCE – 87 BCE54 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Emperor Zhao of Han87 BCE – 74 BCE13 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Marquis of Haihun74 BCE – 74 BCEunder a yearleft office aliveread off the dates alonenephew or niece
Emperor Xuan of Han74 BCE – 48 BCE26 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Emperor Yuan of Han48 BCE – 33 BCE15 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Emperor Cheng of Han33 BCE – 7 BCE26 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Emperor Ai of Han7 BCE – 1 BCE6 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonenephew or niece
Emperor Ping of Han1 BCE – 67 yearskilledWikidata's manner of death
Ruzi Ying6 – 93 yearsabdicatedWikidata's end cause on the term
Emperor Gengshi of Han23 – 252 yearsabdicatedWikidata's end cause on the term
Ruzi Ying24 – 251 yeardied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term
Liu Penzi25 – 272 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Emperor Guangwu of Han25 – 5732 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Emperor Ming of Han57 – 7518 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Emperor Zhang of Han75 – 8813 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Emperor He of Han88 – 10618 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Emperor Shang of Han106 – 106under a yeardied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Emperor An of Han106 – 12519 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Marquess of Beixiang125 – 125under a yeardied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Emperor Shun of Han125 – 14419 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Emperor Chong of Han144 – 1451 yeardied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Emperor Zhi of Han145 – 1461 yearkilledWikidata's manner of death
Emperor Huan of Han146 – 16822 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Emperor Ling of Han168 – 18921 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Liu Bian189 – 189under a yearkilled, the article saysread from the ruler's own articlechild
Emperor Xian of Han189 – 22031 yearsended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the termsibling

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.

100 BCE1100200

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 BCE: 5 recorded — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other300 BCE200 BCE – 101 BCE: 14 recorded — 2 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 11 other200 BCE100 BCE – 1 BCE: 10 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 10 other100 BCE0 – 99: 11 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 11 other0100 – 199: 41 recorded — 4 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 36 other100200 – 299: 13 recorded — 6 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other200

300 BCE – 201 BCE5 rows · 1 wars and battles

200 BCE – 101 BCE14 rows · 2 wars and battles · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres

and 6 more in the atlas.

100 BCE – 1 BCE10 rows

and 2 more in the atlas.

0 – 9911 rows

and 3 more in the atlas.

100 – 19941 rows · 4 wars and battles · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres

and 33 more in the atlas.

200 – 29913 rows · 6 wars and battles

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.

Qin dynasty · Linked · 221 BCE – 206 BCEQin dynastyChen Ping · Coincidence · 250 BCE – 178 BCEChen PingHan dynasty · 206 BCE – 220Han dynastyCao Wei · Linked · 220 – 265Cao WeiShu Han · Linked · 221 – 263Shu HanEastern Wu · Linked · 198 – 280Eastern Wu200 BCE100 BCE1100200300
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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 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.