Group of realms · 480–219 BCE
Warring States China
Warring States China brings together several realms, from 480 BCE to 219 BCE. At its greatest recorded extent, in 291 BCE, its lands covered about 1.63 million km².
One of the realms of Zhou dynasty. The Zhou, a people from the Wei valley in the west, overthrew the Shang around 1046 BCE. They justified the conquest with the idea of the Mandate of Heaven: Heaven granted the right to rule to a virtuous dynasty and withdrew it from a corrupt one.
See Warring States China on the map in 291 BCE
- On the map
- 480–219 BCE
- Greatest extent
- 291 BCE, about 1.63 million km²
- Read more
- Wikipedia: Warring States Period · Wikidata Q185063
Territory through time
| Years | Area drawn |
|---|---|
| 480–451 BCE | 1.01 million km² |
| 450–405 BCE | 1.00 million km² |
| 404–384 BCE | 1.00 million km² |
| 383–367 BCE | 1.00 million km² |
| 366–351 BCE | 1.00 million km² |
| 350–338 BCE | 1.00 million km² |
| 337–334 BCE | 1.00 million km² |
| 333–327 BCE | 992,360 km² |
| 326–316 BCE | 1.03 million km² |
| 315–292 BCE | 1.57 million km² |
| 291–285 BCE | 1.63 million km² |
| 284–278 BCE | 1.63 million km² |
| 277–257 BCE | 1.63 million km² |
| 256–248 BCE | 1.63 million km² |
| 247–231 BCE | 1.63 million km² |
| 230–226 BCE | 1.63 million km² |
| 225–224 BCE | 1.63 million km² |
| 223 BCE | 1.63 million km² |
| 222–219 BCE | 1.63 million km² |
Member realms
- Cai 750–451 BCE
- Cao 750–451 BCE
- Chen 750–451 BCE
- Chu 750–224 BCE
- Jin 750–405 BCE
- Lu 750–248 BCE
- Qi 750–204 BCE
- Qin 750–219 BCE
- Song 750–285 BCE
- Teng 750–451 BCE
- Wey 750–248 BCE
- Wu 750–451 BCE
- Xu 750–285 BCE
- Yan 750–204 BCE
- Zheng 750–367 BCE
- Zhu 750–405 BCE
- Yue 500–334 BCE
- Han 404–203 BCE
- Zhao 404–223 BCE
- Wei 208–204 BCE