Territorial change of Tang dynasty (Tang Dynasty)

“Tang dynasty”(Tang Dynasty) — appears in this map’s data from AD 623 to 910. Its territory was largest in AD 661 – 665, at ≈ 8.73 million km².

Territory by period

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 661 – 665 (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.

Its highest rank was in AD 661: number 68 of 1.

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).

• Champa — 59 frames
• Tibetan Empire — 39 frames
• Nanzhao — 36 frames
• Tibetans — 18 frames
• Uyghur Khaganate — 18 frames
• Balhae — 18 frames
• Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom — 17 frames
• Goguryeo — 15 frames
• Tuyuhun — 14 frames
• Yenisei Kyrgyz — 10 frames
• Göktürks — 7 frames
• Türgesh — 7 frames
• Turk — 7 frames
• Göktürks — 6 frames
• Kashmir — 5 frames
• Sui dynasty — 3 frames
• Silla — 3 frames
• Abbasid Caliphate — 2 frames
• Turk Shahis — 2 frames
• Unified Silla — 2 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 28 by area.

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: Sui dynasty · Qi (Huang Chao) · Zhou dynasty (690–705) · Goguryeo · Gaochang Kingdom (Qu clan)

Succeeded by: Later Liang dynasty · Yang Wu · Zhou dynasty (690–705)

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

The Tang dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.

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

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