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
661 · at its largest · 8.72 million km²
884 · last mapped · 3.12 million km²
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
- Goguryeo · replaces · 37 BCE – 668 CE
- Sui dynasty · replaces · 581 – 618
- Gaochang Kingdom (Qu clan) · replaces
- Qi (Huang Chao) · replaces
After it
- Yang Wu · replaced by · 902 – 937
- Second Turkic Khaganate · followed by · 682 – 744
- Later Liang (Five Dynasties) · replaced by · 907 – 923
- Wu Zhou · replaced by · 690 – 705
Rulers
The line of Emperor of China.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emperor Gaozu of Tang | 618 – 626 | 8 years | ended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the term | |
| Emperor Taizong of Tang | 626 – 649 | 23 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | child |
| Emperor Gaozong of Tang | 649 – 683 | 34 years | died in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term | child |
| Emperor Zhongzong of Tang | 684 – 684 | under a year | deposed or removedWikidata's end cause on the term | child |
| Emperor Ruizong of Tang | 684 – 690 | 6 years | deposed or removedWikidata's end cause on the term | sibling |
| Emperor Zhongzong of Tang | 705 – 710 | 5 years | killedWikidata's manner of death | sibling |
| Emperor Shang of Tang | 710 – 710 | under a year | abdicatedWikidata's end cause on the term | child |
| Emperor Ruizong of Tang | 710 – 712 | 2 years | ended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the term | |
| Emperor Xuanzong of Tang | 712 – 756 | 44 years | abdicatedWikidata's end cause on the term | child |
| Emperor Suzong of Tang | 756 – 762 | 6 years | died in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term | child |
| Emperor Daizong of Tang | 762 – 779 | 17 years | died in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term | child |
| Emperor Dezong of Tang | 779 – 805 | 26 years | died in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term | child |
| Emperor Shunzong of Tang | 805 – 805 | under a year | ended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the term | child |
| Emperor Xianzong of Tang | 805 – 820 | 15 years | killedWikidata's manner of death | child |
| Emperor Jingzong of Tang | 824 – 827 | 3 years | killedWikidata's manner of death | grandchild |
| Emperor Wenzong of Tang | 827 – 840 | 13 years | killedWikidata's manner of death | sibling |
| Emperor Wuzong of Tang | 840 – 846 | 6 years | killedWikidata's manner of death | sibling |
| Emperor Xuanzong of Tang | 846 – 859 | 13 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | |
| Emperor Yizong of Tang | 859 – 873 | 14 years | died in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term | child |
| Emperor Xizong of Tang | 873 – 888 | 15 years | died in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term | child |
| Emperor Zhaozong of Tang | 888 – 900 | 12 years | ended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the term | sibling |
| Li Yu | 900 – 901 | 1 year | deposed or removedWikidata's end cause on the term | child |
| Emperor Zhaozong of Tang | 901 – 904 | 3 years | killedWikidata's manner of death | parent |
| Emperor Ai of Tang | 904 – 907 | 3 years | ended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the term | child |
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.
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.

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 – 69924 rows · 2 wars and battles · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Emperor Xuanzong of Tang · ruler · 682 – 762
- Emperor Gaozong of Tang · ruler · 628 – 683
- Meng Haoran · writer · 690 – 740
- Emperor Ruizong of Tang · ruler · 662 – 716
- Emperor Zhongzong of Tang · ruler · 656 – 710
- Yijing · writer · 635 – 713
- Wang Bo · writer · 650 – 676
- Wang Changling · writer · 698 – 756
and 16 more in the atlas.
700 – 79934 rows · 1 wars and battles · 2 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Li Bai · philosopher · 701 – 762
- Du Fu · writer · 712 – 770
- Bai Juyi · politician · 772 – 846
- Han Yu · philosopher · 768 – 824
- Battle of Talas · battle · 751
- An Lushan rebellion · unrest · 755 – 763
- Liu Zongyuan · politician · 773 – 819
- Yuan Zhen · writer · 779 – 831
and 26 more in the atlas.
800 – 89919 rows · 2 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Du Mu · writer · 803 – 852
- Li Shangyin · writer · 813 – 858
- Li He · writer · 805 – 816
- Emperor Ai of Tang · ruler · 892 – 908
- Emperor Wuzong of Tang · ruler · 814 – 846
- Emperor Wenzong of Tang · ruler · 809 – 840
- Emperor Zhaozong of Tang · ruler · 867 – 904
- Emperor Xizong of Tang · ruler · 862 – 888
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.
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, 589 – 936, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 661, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
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.