Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 2070 – 1600 BCE

Xia dynasty

A state of 2070 – 1600 BCE — 470 years in East and Southeast Asia. It replaced Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. It was replaced by Shang dynasty. The atlas records 2 things within it — wars and battles 1 · natural disasters 1. Its line of rulers holds 12 people. Its own article says it was replaced by Shang dynasty.

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

Stood
470 years
2070 BCE – 1600 BCE
Rulers
12
the Chinese king
Within it
2
recorded rows

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Shang dynasty: 1600 BCE – 1046 BCEXia dynasty: 2070 BCE – 1600 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

  • Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors · replaces

After it

How it ended, as its article says

Replaced by Shang dynasty. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.

In traditional historiography, the Xia dynasty was succeeded by the Shang dynasty.

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

Rulers

The line of Chinese king.

Zhu of Xia · 2097 BCE – 2040 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathHuai of Xia · 2040 BCE – 2014 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathMang of Xia · 2014 BCE – 1996 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathXie of Xia · 1996 BCE – 1980 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathBu Jiang · 1980 BCE – 1920 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathQi of Xia · 1978 BCE – 1963 BCE · no death date to read the end againstJiong of Xia · 1921 BCE – 1900 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathJin of Xia · 1900 BCE – 1879 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathKong Jia · 1879 BCE – 1848 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathGao of Xia · 1848 BCE – 1837 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathFa of Xia · 1837 BCE – 1818 BCE · no death date to read the end againstJie of Xia · 1818 BCE – 1767 BCE · no death date to read the end against2000 BCE1900 BCE1800 BCE1700 BCE1600 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
Zhu of Xia2097 BCE – 2040 BCE57 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Huai of Xia2040 BCE – 2014 BCE26 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Mang of Xia2014 BCE – 1996 BCE18 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Xie of Xia1996 BCE – 1980 BCE16 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Bu Jiang1980 BCE – 1920 BCE60 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Qi of Xia1978 BCE – 1963 BCE15 yearsending not on record
Jiong of Xia1921 BCE – 1900 BCE21 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Jin of Xia1900 BCE – 1879 BCE21 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Kong Jia1879 BCE – 1848 BCE31 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Gao of Xia1848 BCE – 1837 BCE11 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Fa of Xia1837 BCE – 1818 BCE19 yearsending not on recordchild
Jie of Xia1818 BCE – 1767 BCE51 yearsending not on recordchild

12 rulers, 12 with terms dated as terms, covering 2097 BCE – 1767 BCE. Median reign 21 years. 1 of 11 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”.

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.

2100 BCE – 2001 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other2100 BCE2000 BCE – 1901 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other2000 BCE1900 BCE – 1801 BCE: 1 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other1900 BCE1800 BCE – 1701 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1800 BCE1700 BCE – 1601 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1700 BCE1600 BCE – 1501 BCE: 1 recorded — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1600 BCE

1900 BCE – 1801 BCE1 row

1600 BCE – 1501 BCE1 row · 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 stood470 years

    stood longer than 84% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • 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 record12

    has more rulers on record than 84% 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 1 result, 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.

Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors · Linked · 2852 BCE – 2070 BCEThree Sovereigns and Five EmperorsXia dynasty · 2070 BCE – 1600 BCEXia dynastyShang dynasty · Linked · 1600 BCE – 1046 BCEShang dynasty2500 BCE2000 BCE1500 BCE1000 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 Q169705 (CC0) · 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.