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Polity East Asia

Xiongnu

400 BCE – 500 CE · 900 years

Eurasian steppe confederation and empire

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How these dates were made

Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.

These are real dates: Xiongnu'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 4 moments in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 400 BCE to 1 BCE — which sits inside the fuller span above.

400 BCE 4 snapshots · 200 years unattested at the widest 1 BCE
400 BCE200 BCE100 BCE1 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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Attested 2000 BCE – 200 BCE

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Gyeongju Historic Areas

57 BCE – 935 CE

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Warring States Period

475 BCE – 221 BCE

Trade route · East Asia

Silk Road

200 BCE – 1450 CE

Polity · East Asia

Zhou states

Attested 500 BCE – 400 BCE

Landmark · East Asia

Mỹ Sơn Sanctuary

400 CE – 1400 CE

Conflict · East Asia

Qin Wars of Unification

230 BCE – 221 BCE

Trade route · East Asia

Maritime Silk Road

200 BCE – 1500 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 400 BCE and 500 CE.

400 BCE Yoshinogari 350 BCE Xianyang Palace 260 BCE Battle of Changping 230 BCE Qin Wars of Unification 210 BCE Terracotta Army 206 BCE Chu–Han Contention

And in the rest of the world

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

Petra Landmark · Middle East 300 BCE – still standing Meroe Polity · Middle East 500 BCE – 400 CE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Conquests of Alexander the Great Conflict · Europe 334 BCE – 323 BCE Socrates Figure · Greece 470 BCE – 399 BCE Colosseum Landmark · Europe 80 CE – still standing
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