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Landmark East Asia archaeological

Terracotta Army

210 BCE – still standing

Thousands of life-size clay soldiers guarding Qin Shi Huang's tomb

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–300 BCE)
  2. Han Empire (200 BCE–100 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Han (1 BCE–200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Jin (300 CE–400 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  5. Toba Wei (500 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  6. Sui Empire (600 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  7. Tang Empire (700 CE–900 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  8. Song Empire (1000 CE–1200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  9. Great Khanate (1279 CE–1300 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  10. Ming Empire (1400 CE–1492 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  11. Ming Chinese Empire (1500 CE–1600 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  12. Manchu Empire (1650 CE–1715 CE) Border precision: Defined
  13. Qing Empire (1783 CE–1800 CE) Border precision: Not stated
  14. Manchu Empire (1815 CE–1900 CE) Border precision: Defined
  15. Republic of China (1914 CE) Border precision: Defined
  16. Chinese Warlords (1920 CE–1930 CE) Border precision: Defined
  17. Republic of China (1938 CE) Border precision: Defined
  18. China (1945 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
  • Defined
  • Approximate
  • Not stated

Elsewhere in East Asia at the time

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Polity · East Asia

China

Founded 1945 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Gyeongju Historic Areas

57 BCE – 935 CE

Conflict · East Asia

Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States)

1467 CE – 1615 CE

Trade route · East Asia

Silk Road

200 BCE – 1450 CE

Polity · East Asia

Manchu Empire

Attested 1650 CE – 1914 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Mỹ Sơn Sanctuary

400 CE – 1400 CE

Conflict · East Asia

Three Kingdoms (China)

220 CE – 280 CE

Trade route · East Asia

Maritime Silk Road

200 BCE – 1500 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 210 BCE and 2026 CE.

206 BCE Chu–Han Contention 200 BCE Han–Xiongnu Wars 200 BCE Guangzhou 200 BCE Chang'an 57 BCE Gyeongju Historic Areas

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Colosseum Landmark · Europe 80 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Yose ben Yoezer Figure · Judea 200 BCE – 161 BCE Chichen Itza Landmark · Americas 600 CE – still standing
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