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Han Dynasty 2 BC (cropped)
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Polity East Asia

Han Empire

205 BCE – 220 CE · 425 years

Imperial dynasty in China (202 BC – 220 AD)

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Han dynasty on Wikipedia.

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How these dates were made

Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.

These are real dates: Han Empire's founding and dissolution are recorded in Wikidata, and accepted here only because they agree with the centuries the atlas independently drew it in. The atlas itself draws the world at 2 moments in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 200 BCE to 100 BCE — which sits inside the fuller span above.

200 BCE 2 snapshots 100 BCE
200 BCE100 BCE

Elsewhere in East Asia at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Polity · East Asia

Thai

Attested 2000 BCE – 200 BCE

Landmark · East Asia

Gyeongju Historic Areas

57 BCE – 935 CE

Conflict · East Asia

Three Kingdoms (China)

220 CE – 280 CE

Trade route · East Asia

Silk Road

200 BCE – 1450 CE

Polity · East Asia

Malays

Attested 200 BCE – 1200 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Guangzhou

200 BCE – still standing

Conflict · East Asia

Han–Xiongnu Wars

200 BCE – 89 CE

Trade route · East Asia

Maritime Silk Road

200 BCE – 1500 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 205 BCE and 220 CE.

200 BCE Han–Xiongnu Wars 200 BCE Guangzhou 200 BCE Chang'an 57 BCE Gyeongju Historic Areas 4 BCE Ise Grand Shrine 68 CE White Horse Temple

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 Chorrera Polity · Americas 1500 BCE – 100 BCE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Cimbrian War Conflict · Europe 113 BCE – 101 BCE Yose ben Yoezer Figure · Judea 200 BCE – 161 BCE Delos Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – 69 BCE
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