Territorial change of Yuezhi

“Yuezhi” — appears in this map’s data from 404 BC to AD 42. Its territory was largest in 404 BC – 384 BC, at ≈ 916 thousand km².

Territory by period

PeriodArea
404 BC – 384 BC≈ 916 thousand km²
383 BC – 332 BC≈ 908 thousand km²
331 BC – 204 BC≈ 916 thousand km²
203 BC – 171 BC≈ 900 thousand km²
170 BC – 145 BC≈ 161 thousand km²
144 BC – 127 BC≈ 234 thousand km²
126 BC – 111 BC≈ 571 thousand km²
110 BC – 92 BC≈ 461 thousand km²
91 BC – 64 BC≈ 461 thousand km²
63 BC – 51 BC≈ 460 thousand km²
50 BC – 1 BC≈ 458 thousand km²
AD 1 – 13≈ 458 thousand km²
AD 14 – 29≈ 458 thousand km²
AD 30 – 42≈ 458 thousand km²
404 BCAD 42

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in 404 BC – 384 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.

FrameAreaRank
404 BC≈ 916 thousand km²2 of 32
383 BC≈ 908 thousand km²2 of 34
366 BC≈ 908 thousand km²2 of 36
350 BC≈ 908 thousand km²2 of 35
337 BC≈ 908 thousand km²2 of 30
333 BC≈ 908 thousand km²3 of 31
331 BC≈ 916 thousand km²4 of 33
326 BC≈ 916 thousand km²3 of 33
323 BC≈ 916 thousand km²3 of 36
318 BC≈ 916 thousand km²3 of 36
315 BC≈ 916 thousand km²3 of 34
307 BC≈ 916 thousand km²4 of 37
301 BC≈ 916 thousand km²3 of 38
291 BC≈ 916 thousand km²3 of 40
284 BC≈ 916 thousand km²3 of 39
283 BC≈ 916 thousand km²3 of 39
281 BC≈ 916 thousand km²4 of 39
279 BC≈ 916 thousand km²3 of 43
277 BC≈ 916 thousand km²3 of 43
275 BC≈ 916 thousand km²3 of 43
272 BC≈ 916 thousand km²3 of 44
271 BC≈ 916 thousand km²3 of 45
264 BC≈ 916 thousand km²3 of 45
256 BC≈ 916 thousand km²3 of 44
247 BC≈ 916 thousand km²3 of 43
239 BC≈ 916 thousand km²3 of 45
230 BC≈ 916 thousand km²3 of 43
225 BC≈ 916 thousand km²3 of 43
223 BC≈ 916 thousand km²4 of 41
222 BC≈ 916 thousand km²4 of 39
218 BC≈ 916 thousand km²4 of 38
216 BC≈ 916 thousand km²4 of 38
212 BC≈ 916 thousand km²4 of 39
210 BC≈ 916 thousand km²4 of 38
208 BC≈ 916 thousand km²5 of 46
206 BC≈ 916 thousand km²4 of 56
203 BC≈ 900 thousand km²5 of 40
202 BC≈ 900 thousand km²5 of 39
197 BC≈ 900 thousand km²5 of 43
188 BC≈ 900 thousand km²5 of 44
170 BC≈ 161 thousand km²18 of 43
164 BC≈ 161 thousand km²19 of 40
144 BC≈ 234 thousand km²13 of 39
126 BC≈ 571 thousand km²9 of 37
110 BC≈ 461 thousand km²10 of 38
91 BC≈ 461 thousand km²9 of 39
87 BC≈ 461 thousand km²9 of 36
77 BC≈ 461 thousand km²10 of 37
66 BC≈ 461 thousand km²9 of 35
63 BC≈ 460 thousand km²9 of 43
50 BC≈ 458 thousand km²9 of 46
49 BC≈ 458 thousand km²9 of 46
48 BC≈ 458 thousand km²9 of 46
46 BC≈ 458 thousand km²9 of 45
44 BC≈ 458 thousand km²9 of 45
42 BC≈ 458 thousand km²9 of 45
41 BC≈ 458 thousand km²9 of 45
40 BC≈ 458 thousand km²9 of 45
36 BC≈ 458 thousand km²9 of 49
31 BC≈ 458 thousand km²9 of 49
30 BC≈ 458 thousand km²9 of 49
27 BC≈ 458 thousand km²7 of 47
25 BC≈ 458 thousand km²7 of 44
19 BC≈ 458 thousand km²7 of 44
14 BC≈ 458 thousand km²7 of 44
AD 1≈ 458 thousand km²8 of 45
AD 6≈ 458 thousand km²8 of 45
AD 9≈ 458 thousand km²8 of 45
AD 14≈ 458 thousand km²8 of 43
AD 23≈ 458 thousand km²8 of 41
AD 30≈ 458 thousand km²8 of 42

Its highest rank was in 404 BC: number 32 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).

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
126 BCgainedGreco-Bactrian Kingdom≈ 308 thousand km²
170 BClostXiongnu≈ 264 thousand km²
110 BCgainedIndo-Greek Kingdom≈ 121 thousand km²
144 BCgainedGreco-Bactrian Kingdom≈ 74 thousand km²
126 BCgainedParthian Empire≈ 22 thousand km²

Wikipedia summary

The Yuezhi were an ancient people first described in Chinese histories as nomadic pastoralists living in an arid grassland area in the western part of the modern Chinese province of Gansu, during the 1st millennium BC.

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

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