Territorial change of Tuyuhun

“Tuyuhun” — appears in this map’s data from AD 287 to 665. Its territory was largest in AD 602 – 627, at ≈ 555 thousand km².

Territory by period

PeriodArea
AD 287 – 305≈ 279 thousand km²
AD 306 – 312≈ 279 thousand km²
AD 313 – 323≈ 279 thousand km²
AD 324 – 386≈ 279 thousand km²
AD 387 – 396≈ 278 thousand km²
AD 397 – 401≈ 278 thousand km²
AD 402 – 413≈ 278 thousand km²
AD 414 – 425≈ 279 thousand km²
AD 426 – 438≈ 317 thousand km²
AD 439 – 440≈ 345 thousand km²
AD 441 – 468≈ 345 thousand km²
AD 469 – 475≈ 394 thousand km²
AD 476 – 535≈ 554 thousand km²
AD 536 – 586≈ 555 thousand km²
AD 587 – 601≈ 555 thousand km²
AD 602 – 627≈ 555 thousand km²
AD 628 – 632≈ 554 thousand km²
AD 633 – 633≈ 554 thousand km²
AD 634 – 637≈ 554 thousand km²
AD 638 – 640≈ 516 thousand km²
AD 641 – 660≈ 355 thousand km²
AD 661 – 665≈ 355 thousand km²
AD 287AD 665

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 602 – 627 (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.

FrameAreaRank
AD 287≈ 279 thousand km²10 of 43
AD 299≈ 279 thousand km²11 of 43
AD 306≈ 279 thousand km²16 of 43
AD 308≈ 279 thousand km²16 of 43
AD 311≈ 279 thousand km²16 of 43
AD 313≈ 279 thousand km²16 of 43
AD 324≈ 279 thousand km²17 of 45
AD 337≈ 279 thousand km²18 of 47
AD 338≈ 279 thousand km²18 of 47
AD 347≈ 279 thousand km²16 of 46
AD 353≈ 279 thousand km²15 of 49
AD 358≈ 279 thousand km²15 of 50
AD 367≈ 279 thousand km²15 of 51
AD 371≈ 279 thousand km²15 of 48
AD 373≈ 279 thousand km²15 of 47
AD 378≈ 279 thousand km²14 of 45
AD 383≈ 279 thousand km²13 of 44
AD 387≈ 278 thousand km²15 of 53
AD 390≈ 278 thousand km²15 of 53
AD 392≈ 278 thousand km²15 of 52
AD 394≈ 278 thousand km²16 of 50
AD 395≈ 278 thousand km²17 of 51
AD 396≈ 278 thousand km²17 of 51
AD 397≈ 278 thousand km²17 of 53
AD 402≈ 278 thousand km²15 of 54
AD 407≈ 278 thousand km²15 of 55
AD 410≈ 278 thousand km²17 of 54
AD 414≈ 279 thousand km²16 of 56
AD 417≈ 279 thousand km²15 of 55
AD 426≈ 317 thousand km²14 of 55
AD 439≈ 345 thousand km²15 of 50
AD 441≈ 345 thousand km²15 of 50
AD 443≈ 345 thousand km²15 of 51
AD 451≈ 345 thousand km²14 of 50
AD 452≈ 345 thousand km²14 of 50
AD 455≈ 345 thousand km²14 of 52
AD 458≈ 345 thousand km²15 of 52
AD 459≈ 345 thousand km²14 of 52
AD 462≈ 345 thousand km²14 of 54
AD 469≈ 394 thousand km²12 of 55
AD 476≈ 554 thousand km²10 of 57
AD 480≈ 554 thousand km²10 of 57
AD 490≈ 554 thousand km²10 of 55
AD 500≈ 554 thousand km²11 of 54
AD 510≈ 554 thousand km²10 of 53
AD 523≈ 554 thousand km²10 of 54
AD 534≈ 554 thousand km²11 of 56
AD 536≈ 555 thousand km²11 of 56
AD 540≈ 555 thousand km²11 of 64
AD 546≈ 555 thousand km²11 of 64
AD 555≈ 555 thousand km²9 of 67
AD 561≈ 555 thousand km²9 of 68
AD 567≈ 555 thousand km²9 of 68
AD 569≈ 555 thousand km²9 of 68
AD 577≈ 555 thousand km²8 of 70
AD 587≈ 555 thousand km²9 of 67
AD 592≈ 555 thousand km²8 of 70
AD 602≈ 555 thousand km²7 of 69
AD 612≈ 555 thousand km²10 of 68
AD 617≈ 555 thousand km²10 of 65
AD 623≈ 555 thousand km²11 of 69
AD 626≈ 555 thousand km²11 of 67
AD 627≈ 555 thousand km²12 of 67
AD 628≈ 554 thousand km²12 of 65
AD 629≈ 554 thousand km²12 of 68
AD 630≈ 554 thousand km²12 of 68
AD 633≈ 554 thousand km²12 of 69
AD 634≈ 554 thousand km²12 of 66
AD 638≈ 516 thousand km²12 of 71
AD 641≈ 355 thousand km²17 of 71
AD 644≈ 355 thousand km²16 of 74
AD 647≈ 355 thousand km²16 of 70
AD 656≈ 355 thousand km²16 of 69
AD 661≈ 355 thousand km²15 of 68

Its highest rank was in AD 602: number 69 of 7.

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).

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 5 by area.

FrameOther countryArea
AD 666lostTibetan Empire≈ 355 thousand km²
AD 476gainedProtectorate of the Western Regions≈ 161 thousand km²
AD 641lostTang dynasty≈ 161 thousand km²
AD 638lostTibetan Empire≈ 39 thousand km²
AD 426gainedWestern Qin≈ 29 thousand km²

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: Xia · Western Jin dynasty

Succeeded by: Tibetan Empire

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

Tuyuhun (Chinese: 吐谷渾; LHC: *tʰɑʔ-jok-guən; Wade-Giles: T'u-yühun), also known as Henan (Chinese: 河南) and Azha (Tibetan: ཨ་ཞ་, Wylie: ‘A-zha; Chinese: 阿豺), was a dynastic monarchy established by the nomadic peoples related to the Xianbei in the Qilian Mountains and upper Yellow River valley.

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

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