Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 1600 – 1046 BCE

Shang dynasty

A state of 1600 – 1046 BCE — 554 years in East and Southeast Asia. It replaced Xia dynasty. It was replaced by Western Zhou and followed by Zhou dynasty. The atlas records 24 things within it — people 24. Its line of rulers holds 23 people, 22 with dated terms.

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

Stood
554 years
1600 BCE – 1046 BCE
Rulers
23
the Chinese king
Most ground
154,100 km²
in 1600 BCE
Within it
24
recorded rows
Map: Shang dynasty in 1600 BCE, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Shang dynasty in 1600 BCE, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 154,100 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 BCE110002000Xia dynasty: 2070 BCE – 1600 BCEWestern Zhou: 1046 BCE – 771 BCEZhou dynasty: 1101 BCE – 256 BCEShang dynasty: 1600 BCE – 1046 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

After it

Rulers

The line of Chinese king.

Tai Wu · 1637 BCE – 1562 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedZhong Ding · 1562 BCE – 1549 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathWai Ren · 1549 BCE – 1534 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedHe Dan Jia · 1534 BCE – 1525 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathZu Yi · 1525 BCE – 1506 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathZu Xin · 1506 BCE – 1490 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathWo Jia · 1490 BCE – 1465 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathZu Ding · 1465 BCE – 1433 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathNan Geng · 1433 BCE – 1408 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathYang Jia of Shang · 1408 BCE – 1401 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathPan Geng · 1401 BCE – 1373 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathXiao Xin · 1373 BCE – 1352 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathXiao Yi of Shang · 1352 BCE – 1324 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathWu Ding · 1324 BCE – 1265 BCE · left office aliveZu Geng of Shang · 1265 BCE – 1258 BCE · left office aliveZu Jia · 1258 BCE – 1225 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathLin Xin · 1225 BCE – 1219 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathGeng Ding · 1219 BCE – 1198 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathWu Yi of Shang · 1198 BCE – 1194 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathWen Wu Ding · 1194 BCE – 1191 BCE · left office aliveDi Yi · 1191 BCE – 1154 BCE · left office aliveDi Xin · 1075 BCE – 1046 BCE · died by suicide1600 BCE1500 BCE1400 BCE1300 BCE1200 BCE1100 BCE
died in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on record
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Tai Wu1637 BCE – 1562 BCE75 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Zhong Ding1562 BCE – 1549 BCE13 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Wai Ren1549 BCE – 1534 BCE15 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonesibling
He Dan Jia1534 BCE – 1525 BCE9 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonesibling
Zu Yi1525 BCE – 1506 BCE19 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Zu Xin1506 BCE – 1490 BCE16 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Wo Jia1490 BCE – 1465 BCE25 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonesibling
Zu Ding1465 BCE – 1433 BCE32 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonenephew or niece
Nan Geng1433 BCE – 1408 BCE25 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Yang Jia of Shang1408 BCE – 1401 BCE7 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Pan Geng1401 BCE – 1373 BCE28 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonesibling
Xiao Xin1373 BCE – 1352 BCE21 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonesibling
Xiao Yi of Shang1352 BCE – 1324 BCE28 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonesibling
Wu Ding1324 BCE – 1265 BCE59 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alonechild
Zu Geng of Shang1265 BCE – 1258 BCE7 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alonechild
Zu Jia1258 BCE – 1225 BCE33 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonesibling
Lin Xin1225 BCE – 1219 BCE6 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Geng Ding1219 BCE – 1198 BCE21 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonesibling
Wu Yi of Shang1198 BCE – 1194 BCE4 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Wen Wu Ding1194 BCE – 1191 BCE3 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alonechild
Di Yi1191 BCE – 1154 BCE37 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alonechild
Di Xin1075 BCE – 1046 BCE29 yearsdied by suicideWikidata's manner of deathchild

23 rulers, 22 with terms dated as terms, covering 1637 BCE – 1046 BCE. Median reign 21 years. 0 of 21 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.

1600 BCE1500 BCE1400 BCE1300 BCE1200 BCE1100 BCE

154,100 km² in 1600 BCE, 154,100 km² in 1046 BCE; at its largest 154,100 km² in 1600 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.

1600 BCE – 1501 BCE: 5 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other1600 BCE1500 BCE – 1401 BCE: 1 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other1500 BCE1400 BCE – 1301 BCE: 4 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other1400 BCE1300 BCE – 1201 BCE: 4 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other1300 BCE1200 BCE – 1101 BCE: 2 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other1200 BCE1100 BCE – 1001 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1100 BCE

1600 BCE – 1501 BCE5 rows

1500 BCE – 1401 BCE1 row

1400 BCE – 1301 BCE4 rows

1300 BCE – 1201 BCE4 rows

1200 BCE – 1101 BCE2 rows

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 stood554 years

    stood longer than 88% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held154,100 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 54% 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 median21 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 66% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record23

    has more rulers on record than 93% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 1 cause 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.

Xia dynasty · Linked · 2070 BCE – 1600 BCEXia dynastyShang dynasty · 1600 BCE – 1046 BCEShang dynastyWestern Zhou · Linked · 1046 BCE – 771 BCEWestern ZhouZhou dynasty · Linked · 1050 BCE – 256 BCEZhou dynasty2000 BCE1500 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 Q128938 (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.