State · 221 – 206 BCE
Qin dynasty
A state of 221 – 206 BCE — 15 years in East and Southeast Asia. It replaced Zhou dynasty, Chu (state) and Qin and 1 more and followed Warring States period. It was replaced by Han dynasty, Nanyue and Jiujiang and 16 more. The atlas records 3 things within it — wars and battles 1 · people 2. Its line of rulers holds 3 people. Its own article says it was dissolved.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 15 years
- 221 BCE – 206 BCE
- Rulers
- 3
- the Emperor of China
- Most ground
- 2.13 million km²
- in 210 BCE
- Within it
- 3
- recorded rows
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
- Wey · replaces · 1041 – 209 BCE
- Qin · replaces · 905 – 221 BCE
- Zhou dynasty · replaces · 1101 – 256 BCE
- Chu (state) · replaces · 722 – 223 BCE
- Warring States period · follows · 476 – 221 BCE
After it
- Jiujiang · replaced by
- Dai · replaced by
- Sai · replaced by
- Changshan · replaced by
- Yin · replaced by
- Kingdom of Henan · replaced by
- Qi (209–203 BC) · replaced by
- Western Chu · replaced by
- Zhai · replaced by
- Yong · replaced by
- Liaodong · replaced by
- Han (208BC-200BC) · replaced by
- Jiaodong Kingdom · replaced by
- Linjiang · replaced by
- Yan (Zang Tu) · replaced by
- Western Wei · replaced by
- Hengshan · replaced by
- Han dynasty · replaced by · 206 BCE – 220 CE
- Nanyue · replaced by · 207 – 111 BCE
How it ended, as its article says
Dissolved, -0206. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
This state of affairs lasted until 206 BC, when the dynasty collapsed in the years following Qin Shi Huang's death.
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rulers
The line of Emperor of China.
1 terms are shared from [object Object].
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qin Shi Huang | 221 BCE – 210 BCE | 11 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | |
| King Jun of Gojoseon · from the line of Chinese Empire | 220 BCE – 194 BCE | 26 years | ending not on record | |
| Qin Er Shi | 210 BCE – 207 BCE | 3 years | executedWikidata's manner of death |
3 rulers, 3 with terms dated as terms, covering 221 BCE – 194 BCE. Only 27 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 2 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.
1.63 million km² in 216 BCE, 26,000 km² in 206 BCE; at its largest 1.93 million km² in 211 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.
300 BCE – 201 BCE3 rows · 1 wars and battles
- Qin Er Shi · ruler · 230 – 207 BCE
- Meng Tian · commander · 251 – 210 BCE
- Battle of Julu · battle · 207 BCE
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 stood15 years
stood longer than 20% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held2,133,900 km²
held more ground at its peak than 92% 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.
- 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: 14 causes the record names and 19 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, 231 BCE – 196 BCE, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 210 BCE, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q7183 (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.