Our country's current territory area is about 9.6 million square kilometers, ranking third in the world, Russia first and Canada second.
The ancient Chinese territory has changed many times, and the emperors of every dynasty and every generation are desperately "eat more and occupy more". For example, Qin Shihuang , Han Wudi , Tang Taizong , Genghis Khan and Emperor Kangxi and other emperors, when they were in power, was either fighting or on the road to fighting.
Let’s take a look at what incredible places were the ten largest territorial periods in history, especially the prosperous Tang Dynasty, which was known as the most prosperous period.
tenth, Qin Dynasty
Warring States When the heroes compete for hegemony, Qin State has the strongest strength. After the annexation of the six kingdoms, Qin Shihuang continued to fight against the Xiongnu , recovered the Hetao area, and pacified the Baiyue , and the territory expanded rapidly, reaching 3.4 million square kilometers of .
Look at the Qin Dynasty's territory from four directions, starting from Liaodong (now Liaoning Province) in the east, to Qinghai-Tibet and Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau in the west, to Lingnan in the south (now South China region ), and to Yinshan in the north (now Inner Mongolia region).
ninth, Western Jin
After the Sima family seized power, they also stored the territory of Sun Wu in addition to the territory of Cao Wei . By the second year of Taikang, the territory of the Western Jin Dynasty reached 45.43 million square kilometers. At that time, in order to quickly restore the population, the Hu people of the Western Jin Dynasty were also accommodated in .
In addition to the original traditional Han area, its territory also has the northwest region. The Western Jin Dynasty set up Western Regions outside Yumen Pass to manage local government affairs and military affairs, while the Northeast region is adjacent to Xianbei and Goguryeo .
The eighth, Eastern Han
overthrew the Wang Mang regime , Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu restoration of Han Dynasty , and continued to unify the Central Plains.
Southern Xiongnu relied on the Han Dynasty, Wuhuan annexed the Xianbei and moved to the Han area , and the territory in the north of the Eastern Han Dynasty expanded.
southwest region, Dai Ailao country also relies on the Han emperor , and the Eastern Han Dynasty established Yongchang County management. At this point, the southwest border of the Eastern Han Dynasty expanded to the Dayingjiang area.
Han Hedi Liu Zhao pacified the Western Regions in 1994 and expanded the west again. The area of the Eastern Han Dynasty reached 5.8 million square kilometers , basically recovering to the strength of Western Han .
Seventh, Western Han Dynasty
On the basis of the unification of the Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty continued to show its power, and sent fierce generals to the north of the desert many times to repel the Huns.
Wei Qing and Huo Qubing are the most famous generals of the Western Han Dynasty to defeat the Huns. Emperor Wu of Han set up Shuofang County and Wuyuan County to manage the areas south of Hetao.
Today's Gansu Province, several of the cities we are familiar with are all good names since the Western Han Dynasty and have not changed to this day. For example, Jiuquan , Zhangye , Dunhuang, Wuwei are all county in the Western Han Dynasty. During its heyday, the territory of the Western Han Dynasty was 46.09 million square kilometers.
No. 6. After the founding of China, China's territory has been officially confirmed, which is today's 9.6 million square kilometers .
The southernmost point is Zengmu Ansha of the Nanshan Islands; to the north is the center of the main channel of Heilongjiang north of Mohe County, Heilongjiang; to the east is the center of the main channel where Heilongjiang and Ussuri River meet; to the west is Pamir Plateau .
Fifth, Ming Dynasty
Zhu Yuanzhang overthrew the Yuan Dynasty, robbed the regime from Mongolian , and established the Ming Dynasty. Han regained power, and therefore lost some Mongolian territory in the northern part of the Yuan Dynasty.
However, the combat strength of the Ming Dynasty army cannot be underestimated, and both the northeast and the southwest have developed.
At its peak, the territory of the Ming Dynasty reached 9.97 million square kilometers , and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is also included. Tibet Tibet surrendered, and the Ming Dynasty established a command commander in Tibet.
fourth, the Republic of China
During the Republic of China period, the territory was large. Because it was taken from the Qing Dynasty in its entirety, no territorial dispute broke out.
During the Republic of China, the territory had 11.41 million square kilometers. At that time, included in Outer Mongolia, which is today Mongolia . The predecessor of Mongolia was Mongolian People's Republic , and its territory was 1.5665 million square kilometers .
1912, the Qing Dynasty was destroyed, and Mongolia unilaterally declared independence. It was only many years later that it was recognized by our country and the international community.
3, Tang Dynasty .
The prosperous Tang Dynasty lived up to its reputation, with an area of 12.37 million square kilometers . During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty, the territory of the Tang Dynasty reached its peak. At that time, small countries around came to rely on them and wanted to be vassal states. The Tang Dynasty came without any rejection and used the custody system in the border areas to manage .
The territory of the Tang Dynasty starts from the Korean Peninsula in the east and reaches the Aral Sea in Central Asia in the west, as well as the Afghanistan , Turkmenistan in the region.
Here, the Tang Dynasty established Anxizhou . To the north is Xuanquezhou, and to the south Vietnam is also a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty. In northern Vietnam, there is the Tang Dynasty's Annan Protectorate .
Second, Qing Dynasty
Qing Dynasty territorial area was 13.16 million square kilometers . Except for the incompetent emperors of the late Qing Dynasty, every emperor of the Qing Dynasty was warlike and he conquered such a large family business.
Dibei and Siberia were our territory at that time. The Pacific Sakhalin Island was also under the rule of the Qing Dynasty. To the west, Balkhash Lake , which now belongs to Kazakhstan , are all within the territory of the Qing Dynasty.
First, the Yuan Dynasty
The area of the Yuan Dynasty is different because the Great Mongol Empire established by the Genghis Khan family has too large territory and has all attacked Europe.
But this map can only be seen how much area it occupied by the Yuan Dynasty, which belongs to Chinese history. The statement of in the Yuan Dynasty is more accurate. Although it is only half of the territory of Mongol Empire, it is still the most extensive period of China's historical territory.
