Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 1101 – 286 BCE

Song

A state of 1101 – 286 BCE — 815 years in East and Southeast Asia. It replaced Cao. It was replaced by Tian Qi and followed by Western Xia. The atlas records 3 things within it — wars and battles 2 · people 1. Its line of rulers holds 23 people. Its own article says it was conquered by state of Qi in 286.

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

Stood
815 years
1101 BCE – 286 BCE
Rulers
23
the Emperor of the Song dynasty
Most ground
34,800 km²
in 350 BCE
Within it
3
recorded rows
Map: Song in 350 BCE, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Song in 350 BCE, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 34,800 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.
Song in 750 BCE, first mapped

750 BCE · first mapped · 22,900 km²

Song in 350 BCE, at its largest

350 BCE · at its largest · 34,800 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 BCE110002000Cao: 1046 BCE – 487 BCEWestern Xia: 1038 – 1227Song: 1101 BCE – 286 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

  • Cao · replaces · 1046 – 487 BCE

After it

  • Tian Qi · replaced by
  • Western Xia · followed by · 1038 – 1227

How it ended, as its article says

Conquered by state of Qi in 286, -0286. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.

It was conquered by the state of Qi in 286 BC, during the Warring States period.

One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rulers

Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.

Zhao Bing · 1278 BCE – 19 BCE · no death date to read the end againstEmperor Duanzong · 1276 BCE – 8 BCE · no death date to read the end againstEmperor Gong of Song · 1274 BCE – 4 BCE · no death date to read the end againstEmperor Duzong · 1264 BCE – 12 BCE · no death date to read the end againstEmperor Lizong · 1224 BCE – 16 BCE · no death date to read the end againstEmperor Ningzong · 1194 BCE – 17 BCE · no death date to read the end againstEmperor Guangzong of Song · 1189 BCE – 24 BCE · no death date to read the end againstEmperor Xiaozong of Song · 1162 BCE – 18 BCE · no death date to read the end againstEmperor Qinzong · 1126 BCE – 20 BCE · no death date to read the end againstEmperor Huizong of Song · 1100 BCE – 18 BCE · no death date to read the end againstEmperor Zhezong · 1085 BCE – 23 BCE · no death date to read the end againstEmperor Shenzong of Song · 1067 BCE – 1 BCE · no death date to read the end againstEmperor Yingzong of Song · 1063 BCE – 25 BCE · no death date to read the end againstEmperor Renzong of Song · 1022 BCE – 30 BCE · no death date to read the end againstEmperor Zhenzong · 997 BCE – 23 BCE · no death date to read the end againstEmperor Taizong of Song · 976 BCE – 8 BCE · no death date to read the end againstEmperor Taizu of Song · 960 BCE – 14 BCE · no death date to read the end againstEmperor Shun of Song · 477 BCE – 27 BCE · no death date to read the end againstLatter Deposed Emperor of Liu Song · 472 BCE – 1 BCE · no death date to read the end againstLiu Zixun · 466 BCE – 19 BCE · no death date to read the end againstEmperor Ming of Song · 466 BCE – 10 BCE · no death date to read the end againstLiu Ziye · 464 BCE – 1 BCE · no death date to read the end againstEmperor Xiaowu of Song · 453 BCE – 12 BCE · no death date to read the end against1000 BCE800 BCE600 BCE400 BCE
ending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared throne
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Zhao Bing1278 BCE – 19 BCE1259 yearsending not on record
Emperor Duanzong1276 BCE – 8 BCE1268 yearsending not on recordsibling
Emperor Gong of Song1274 BCE – 4 BCE1270 yearsending not on recordsibling
Emperor Duzong1264 BCE – 12 BCE1252 yearsending not on recordparent
Emperor Lizong1224 BCE – 16 BCE1208 yearsending not on recordnephew or niece
Emperor Ningzong1194 BCE – 17 BCE1177 yearsending not on record
Emperor Guangzong of Song1189 BCE – 24 BCE1165 yearsending not on recordparent
Emperor Xiaozong of Song1162 BCE – 18 BCE1144 yearsending not on recordparent
Emperor Qinzong1126 BCE – 20 BCE1106 yearsending not on record
Emperor Huizong of Song1100 BCE – 18 BCE1082 yearsending not on recordparent
Emperor Zhezong1085 BCE – 23 BCE1062 yearsending not on recordsibling
Emperor Shenzong of Song1067 BCE – 1 BCE1066 yearsending not on recordparent
Emperor Yingzong of Song1063 BCE – 25 BCE1038 yearsending not on recordparent
Emperor Renzong of Song1022 BCE – 30 BCE992 yearsending not on record
Emperor Zhenzong997 BCE – 23 BCE974 yearsending not on recordparent
Emperor Taizong of Song976 BCE – 8 BCE968 yearsending not on recordparent
Emperor Taizu of Song960 BCE – 14 BCE946 yearsending not on recordsibling
Emperor Shun of Song477 BCE – 27 BCE450 yearsending not on record
Latter Deposed Emperor of Liu Song472 BCE – 1 BCE471 yearsending not on recordsibling
Liu Zixun466 BCE – 19 BCE447 yearsending not on record
Emperor Ming of Song466 BCE – 10 BCE456 yearsending not on record
Liu Ziye464 BCE – 1 BCE463 yearsending not on recordnephew or niece
Emperor Xiaowu of Song453 BCE – 12 BCE441 yearsending not on recordparent

23 rulers, 23 with terms dated as terms, covering 1278 BCE – 1 BCE. Median reign 1062 years. 22 of 22 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.

700 BCE600 BCE500 BCE400 BCE300 BCE

22,900 km² in 726 BCE, 34,800 km² in 286 BCE; at its largest 34,800 km² in 326 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.

1200 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 other1100 BCE1000 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 other900 BCE800 BCE – 701 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other800 BCE700 BCE – 601 BCE: 1 recorded — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other700 BCE600 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 other500 BCE400 BCE – 301 BCE: 2 recorded — 1 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 other300 BCE

700 BCE – 601 BCE1 row · 1 wars and battles

400 BCE – 301 BCE2 rows · 1 wars and battles

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 stood815 years

    stood longer than 95% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held34,800 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 30% 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 median1,062 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 100% 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: 0 causes the record names and 2 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.

Song · 1101 BCE – 286 BCESongTian Qi · Linked · 386 BCE – 221 BCETian QiWestern Xia · Linked · 1038 – 1227Western Xia1000 BCE500 BCE15001000
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 Q1065073 (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.