Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 618 – 907

Tang dynasty

A state of 618 – 907 — 289 years in East and Southeast Asia. It replaced Sui dynasty, Goguryeo and Gaochang Kingdom (Qu clan) and 1 more. It was replaced by Later Liang (Five Dynasties), Yang Wu and Wu Zhou and followed by Second Turkic Khaganate. The atlas records 81 things within it — wars and battles 3 · regime change 1 · unrest and atrocity 4 · people 73. Its line of rulers holds 21 people.

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

Stood
289 years
618 – 907
Rulers
21
the Emperor of China
Most ground
8.72 million km²
in 661
Within it
81
recorded rows
Symbol
1
on record, with years
Map: Tang dynasty in 661, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Tang dynasty in 661, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 8.72 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.
Tang dynasty in 661, at its largest

661 · at its largest · 8.72 million km²

Tang dynasty in 884, last mapped

884 · last mapped · 3.12 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 BCE110002000Goguryeo: 37 BCE – 668Sui dynasty: 581 – 618Yang Wu: 902 – 937Second Turkic Khaganate: 682 – 744Later Liang (Five Dynasties): 907 – 923Tang dynasty: 618 – 907

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

  • Goguryeo · replaces · 37 BCE – 668 CE
  • Sui dynasty · replaces · 581 – 618
  • Gaochang Kingdom (Qu clan) · replaces
  • Qi (Huang Chao) · replaces

After it

Rulers

The line of Emperor of China.

Emperor Gaozu of Tang · 618 – 626 · ended by a named eventEmperor Taizong of Tang · 626 – 649 · died in office of natural causesEmperor Gaozong of Tang · 649 – 683 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Zhongzong of Tang · 684 – 684 · deposed or removedEmperor Ruizong of Tang · 684 – 690 · deposed or removedEmperor Zhongzong of Tang · 705 – 710 · killedEmperor Shang of Tang · 710 – 710 · abdicatedEmperor Ruizong of Tang · 710 – 712 · ended by a named eventEmperor Xuanzong of Tang · 712 – 756 · abdicatedEmperor Suzong of Tang · 756 – 762 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Daizong of Tang · 762 – 779 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Dezong of Tang · 779 – 805 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Shunzong of Tang · 805 – 805 · ended by a named eventEmperor Xianzong of Tang · 805 – 820 · killedEmperor Jingzong of Tang · 824 – 827 · killedEmperor Wenzong of Tang · 827 – 840 · killedEmperor Wuzong of Tang · 840 – 846 · killedEmperor Xuanzong of Tang · 846 – 859 · died in office of natural causesEmperor Yizong of Tang · 859 – 873 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Xizong of Tang · 873 – 888 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Zhaozong of Tang · 888 – 900 · ended by a named eventLi Yu · 900 – 901 · deposed or removedEmperor Zhaozong of Tang · 901 – 904 · killedEmperor Ai of Tang · 904 – 907 · ended by a named event650700750800850900
killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular road
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Emperor Gaozu of Tang618 – 6268 yearsended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the term
Emperor Taizong of Tang626 – 64923 yearsdied in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of deathchild
Emperor Gaozong of Tang649 – 68334 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the termchild
Emperor Zhongzong of Tang684 – 684under a yeardeposed or removedWikidata's end cause on the termchild
Emperor Ruizong of Tang684 – 6906 yearsdeposed or removedWikidata's end cause on the termsibling
Emperor Zhongzong of Tang705 – 7105 yearskilledWikidata's manner of deathsibling
Emperor Shang of Tang710 – 710under a yearabdicatedWikidata's end cause on the termchild
Emperor Ruizong of Tang710 – 7122 yearsended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the term
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang712 – 75644 yearsabdicatedWikidata's end cause on the termchild
Emperor Suzong of Tang756 – 7626 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the termchild
Emperor Daizong of Tang762 – 77917 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the termchild
Emperor Dezong of Tang779 – 80526 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the termchild
Emperor Shunzong of Tang805 – 805under a yearended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the termchild
Emperor Xianzong of Tang805 – 82015 yearskilledWikidata's manner of deathchild
Emperor Jingzong of Tang824 – 8273 yearskilledWikidata's manner of deathgrandchild
Emperor Wenzong of Tang827 – 84013 yearskilledWikidata's manner of deathsibling
Emperor Wuzong of Tang840 – 8466 yearskilledWikidata's manner of deathsibling
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang846 – 85913 yearsdied in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death
Emperor Yizong of Tang859 – 87314 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the termchild
Emperor Xizong of Tang873 – 88815 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the termchild
Emperor Zhaozong of Tang888 – 90012 yearsended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the termsibling
Li Yu900 – 9011 yeardeposed or removedWikidata's end cause on the termchild
Emperor Zhaozong of Tang901 – 9043 yearskilledWikidata's manner of deathparent
Emperor Ai of Tang904 – 9073 yearsended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the termchild

21 rulers, 21 with terms dated as terms, covering 618 – 907. Median reign 7 years. 13 of 23 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.

650700750800850900

3.38 million km² in 628, 3.12 million km² in 907; at its largest 7.65 million km² in 668. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flag or arms

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

  • KaiyuanTongbao
    coin, undatedKaiyuanTongbao · Public domain

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.

600 – 699: 24 recorded — 2 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 21 other600700 – 799: 34 recorded — 1 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 31 other700800 – 899: 19 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 17 other800900 – 999: 1 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other900

600 – 69924 rows · 2 wars and battles · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres

and 16 more in the atlas.

700 – 79934 rows · 1 wars and battles · 2 risings, regime changes and massacres

and 26 more in the atlas.

800 – 89919 rows · 2 risings, regime changes and massacres

and 11 more in the atlas.

900 – 9991 row

  • Li Yu · ruler · 900 – 905

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 stood289 years

    stood longer than 72% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held8,723,100 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 99% 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 median8 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 29% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record21

    has more rulers on record than 92% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 19 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.

Goguryeo · Linked · 37 BCE – 668GoguryeoGaochang Kingdom (Qu clan) · Linked · 501 – 640Gaochang Kingdom (Qu clan)Sui dynasty · Linked · 581 – 618Sui dynastyJizang · Coincidence · 549 – 623JizangAshina Xichun · Coincidence · 550 – 620Ashina XichunZhu Can · Coincidence · 550 – 621Zhu CanTang dynasty · 618 – 907Tang dynastyLater Liang (Five Dynasties) · Linked · 907 – 923Later Liang (Five Dynasties)Yang Wu · Linked · 902 – 937Yang Wu1200400600800
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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 Q9683 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.