Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 403 – 222 BCE

Zhao

A state of 403 – 222 BCE — 181 years in East and Southeast Asia. It replaced Jin (Chinese state) and Zhongshan. It was replaced by Qin. The atlas records 3 things within it — wars and battles 2 · people 1. Its line of rulers holds 11 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
181 years
403 BCE – 222 BCE
Rulers
11
the King of Zhao
Most ground
66,700 km²
in 350 BCE
Within it
3
recorded rows
Map: Zhao in 350 BCE, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Zhao in 350 BCE, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 66,700 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 BCE110002000Jin (Chinese state): 1101 BCE – 376 BCEQin: 905 BCE – 221 BCEZhao: 403 BCE – 222 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

  • Qin · replaced by · 905 – 221 BCE

Rulers

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

Marquess Lie of Zhao · 403 BCE – 400 BCE · no death date to read the end againstMarquess Jing of Zhao · 386 BCE – 375 BCE · no death date to read the end againstMarquess Cheng of Zhao · 374 BCE – 350 BCE · no death date to read the end againstMarquess Su of Zhao · 349 BCE – 326 BCE · no death date to read the end againstKing Wuling of Zhao · 318 BCE – 299 BCE · no death date to read the end againstKing Huiwen of Zhao · 298 BCE – 266 BCE · no death date to read the end againstSima Lun · 277 BCE – 3 BCE · no death date to read the end againstKing Xiaocheng of Zhao · 265 BCE – 245 BCE · no death date to read the end againstKing Daoxiang of Zhao · 244 BCE – 236 BCE · no death date to read the end againstKing Youmiu · 235 BCE – 228 BCE · no death date to read the end againstKing Jia of Dai · 227 BCE – 223 BCE · no death date to read the end against400 BCE350 BCE300 BCE250 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
Marquess Lie of Zhao403 BCE – 400 BCE3 yearsending not on record
Marquess Jing of Zhao386 BCE – 375 BCE11 yearsending not on recordchild
Marquess Cheng of Zhao374 BCE – 350 BCE24 yearsending not on recordchild
Marquess Su of Zhao349 BCE – 326 BCE23 yearsending not on recordchild
King Wuling of Zhao318 BCE – 299 BCE19 yearsending not on recordchild
King Huiwen of Zhao298 BCE – 266 BCE32 yearsending not on recordchild
Sima Lun277 BCE – 3 BCE274 yearsending not on record
King Xiaocheng of Zhao265 BCE – 245 BCE20 yearsending not on record
King Daoxiang of Zhao244 BCE – 236 BCE8 yearsending not on recordchild
King Youmiu235 BCE – 228 BCE7 yearsending not on recordchild
King Jia of Dai227 BCE – 223 BCE4 yearsending not on recordsibling

11 rulers, 11 with terms dated as terms, covering 403 BCE – 3 BCE. Median reign 19 years. 2 of 10 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.

400 BCE350 BCE300 BCE250 BCE

57,900 km² in 403 BCE, 60,600 km² in 233 BCE; at its largest 66,700 km² in 343 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.

500 BCE – 401 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other500 BCE400 BCE – 301 BCE: 1 recorded — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other400 BCE300 BCE – 201 BCE: 2 recorded — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other300 BCE

400 BCE – 301 BCE1 row · 1 wars and battles

300 BCE – 201 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 stood181 years

    stood longer than 60% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held66,700 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 38% 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 median19 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 59% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record11

    has more rulers on record than 83% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 3 causes 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.

Jin (Chinese state) · Linked · 1050 BCE – 376 BCEJin (Chinese state)Spring and Autumn period · In the article · 771 BCE · “The Zhao clan within Jin had been accumulating power for centuries, including annexing the Baidi state of Dai in the mid-5th century BC. At the end of the Spr…”Spring and Autumn periodWarring States period · In the article · 476 BCE · “Some historians, beginning with Sima Guang, take this recognition to mark the beginning of the Warring States period. At the beginning of the Warring States p…”Warring States periodZhao · 403 BCE – 222 BCEZhaoQin · Linked · 905 BCE – 221 BCEQin1000 BCE800 BCE600 BCE400 BCE200 BCE
in the articlelinked

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 Q197430 (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.