Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 2333 – 108 BCE

Old Chosŏn

A state of 2333 – 108 BCE — 2,225 years in East and Southeast Asia. It was replaced by Western Han. The atlas records 1 thing within it — people 1. Its line of rulers holds 3 people.

  • Wikidata's English label: Gojoseon.

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

Stood
2,225 years
2333 BCE – 108 BCE
Rulers
3
the wang
Most ground
81,200 km²
in 197 BCE
Within it
1
recorded row
Map: Old Chosŏn in 197 BCE, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Old Chosŏn in 197 BCE, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 81,200 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.

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Old Chosŏn: 2333 BCE – 108 BCE

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.

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.

After it

  • Western Han · replaced by

Rulers

The line of wang.

King Jun of Gojoseon · 220 BCE – 194 BCE · no death date to read the end againstWiman of Old Chosŏn · 194 BCE – 161 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathUgeo of Gojoseon · 108 BCE – 108 BCE · no death date to read the end against2000 BCE1500 BCE1000 BCE500 BCE
ending not on record
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
King Jun of Gojoseon220 BCE – 194 BCE26 yearsending not on record
Wiman of Old Chosŏn194 BCE – 161 BCE33 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Ugeo of Gojoseon108 BCE – 108 BCEunder a yearending not on recordgrandchild

3 rulers, 3 with terms dated as terms, covering 220 BCE – 108 BCE. Median reign 26 years. 0 of 2 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.

180 BCE160 BCE140 BCE120 BCE

81,200 km² in 183 BCE, 81,200 km² in 108 BCE; at its largest 81,200 km² in 183 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.

2400 BCE – 2301 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other2400 BCE2300 BCE – 2201 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other2200 BCE – 2101 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other2200 BCE2100 BCE – 2001 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other2000 BCE – 1901 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other2000 BCE1900 BCE – 1801 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1800 BCE – 1701 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1800 BCE1700 BCE – 1601 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1600 BCE – 1501 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1600 BCE1500 BCE – 1401 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1400 BCE – 1301 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1400 BCE1300 BCE – 1201 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1200 BCE – 1101 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1200 BCE1100 BCE – 1001 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1000 BCE – 901 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1000 BCE900 BCE – 801 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other800 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 other600 BCE – 501 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other600 BCE500 BCE – 401 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other400 BCE – 301 BCE: 1 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other400 BCE300 BCE – 201 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other200 BCE – 101 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other200 BCE

400 BCE – 301 BCE1 row

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 stood2,225 years

    stood longer than 100% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held81,200 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 41% 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 median26 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 77% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record3

    has more rulers on record than 48% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 0 causes the record names and 1 result, 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.

Old Chosŏn · 2333 BCE – 108 BCEOld ChosŏnWestern Han · Linked · 202 BCE – 9Western Han2000 BCE1500 BCE1000 BCE500 BCE1
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 Q28405 (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.