Territorial change of Chu (state) (Chu)

“Chu (state)”(Chu) — appears in this map’s data from 750 BC to 224 BC. Its territory was largest in 284 BC – 278 BC, at ≈ 589 thousand km².

Territory by period

Period	Area
750 BC – 701 BC	≈ 353 thousand km²
700 BC – 481 BC	≈ 353 thousand km²
480 BC – 451 BC	≈ 353 thousand km²
450 BC – 405 BC	≈ 377 thousand km²
404 BC – 384 BC	≈ 390 thousand km²
383 BC – 367 BC	≈ 390 thousand km²
366 BC – 351 BC	≈ 390 thousand km²
350 BC – 338 BC	≈ 390 thousand km²
337 BC – 334 BC	≈ 390 thousand km²
333 BC – 316 BC	≈ 563 thousand km²
315 BC – 285 BC	≈ 556 thousand km²
284 BC – 278 BC	≈ 589 thousand km²
277 BC – 248 BC	≈ 505 thousand km²
247 BC – 231 BC	≈ 531 thousand km²
230 BC – 226 BC	≈ 530 thousand km²
225 BC – 224 BC	≈ 530 thousand km²

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in 284 BC – 278 BC (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Frame	Area	Rank
750 BC	≈ 353 thousand km²	2 of 33
700 BC	≈ 353 thousand km²	3 of 29
675 BC	≈ 353 thousand km²	2 of 29
650 BC	≈ 353 thousand km²	4 of 34
630 BC	≈ 353 thousand km²	4 of 32
615 BC	≈ 353 thousand km²	5 of 35
600 BC	≈ 353 thousand km²	5 of 49
550 BC	≈ 353 thousand km²	5 of 49
540 BC	≈ 353 thousand km²	5 of 48
530 BC	≈ 353 thousand km²	4 of 47
500 BC	≈ 353 thousand km²	3 of 45
480 BC	≈ 353 thousand km²	3 of 43
450 BC	≈ 377 thousand km²	3 of 34
404 BC	≈ 390 thousand km²	5 of 32
383 BC	≈ 390 thousand km²	6 of 34
366 BC	≈ 390 thousand km²	6 of 36
350 BC	≈ 390 thousand km²	5 of 35
337 BC	≈ 390 thousand km²	4 of 30
333 BC	≈ 563 thousand km²	5 of 31
331 BC	≈ 563 thousand km²	5 of 33
326 BC	≈ 563 thousand km²	4 of 33
323 BC	≈ 563 thousand km²	4 of 36
318 BC	≈ 563 thousand km²	4 of 36
315 BC	≈ 556 thousand km²	5 of 34
307 BC	≈ 556 thousand km²	7 of 37
301 BC	≈ 556 thousand km²	6 of 38
291 BC	≈ 556 thousand km²	6 of 40
284 BC	≈ 589 thousand km²	6 of 39
283 BC	≈ 589 thousand km²	6 of 39
281 BC	≈ 589 thousand km²	6 of 39
279 BC	≈ 589 thousand km²	6 of 43
277 BC	≈ 505 thousand km²	6 of 43
275 BC	≈ 505 thousand km²	6 of 43
272 BC	≈ 505 thousand km²	6 of 44
271 BC	≈ 505 thousand km²	6 of 45
264 BC	≈ 505 thousand km²	6 of 45
256 BC	≈ 505 thousand km²	6 of 44
247 BC	≈ 531 thousand km²	6 of 43
239 BC	≈ 531 thousand km²	6 of 45
230 BC	≈ 530 thousand km²	6 of 43
225 BC	≈ 530 thousand km²	7 of 43

Its highest rank was in 750 BC: number 33 of 2.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Qin (state) — 29 frames
Qi (state) — 28 frames
Song (state) — 27 frames
Han — 26 frames
Minyue — 23 frames
Jin (Chinese state) — 13 frames
Wu (state) — 12 frames
Later Zhou — 12 frames
Chen (state) — 12 frames
Cai (state) — 12 frames
Lu (state) — 10 frames
Yue (state) — 8 frames
Zhao (state) — 4 frames
Zheng (state) — 3 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 4 by area.

Frame		Other country	Area
223 BC	lost	Qin (state)	≈ 531 thousand km²
333 BC	gained	Yue (state)	≈ 173 thousand km²
277 BC	lost	Qin (state)	≈ 83 thousand km²
247 BC	gained	Qi (state)	≈ 21 thousand km²

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: Lu · Qi · Cai · Xi · Chen

Succeeded by: Qin dynasty · Qin

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

Chu (Chinese: 楚; pinyin: Chǔ; Wade–Giles: Ch'u, Old Chinese: *s-r̥aʔ) was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty. Their first ruler was King Wu of Chu in the early 8th century BC. Chu was located in the south of the Zhou heartland and lasted during the Spring and Autumn period.

Wikipedia (English) “Chu (state)”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

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