Map of early civilization in the world
It is actually a rumor that western countries don't recognize Xia Dynasty on the Internet. There is such a map of China in the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties in a history textbook of the sixth grade in an American elementary school. Among them, the Xia Dynasty is a green part, and its scope is probably located at the junction of Henan, Shandong and Hebei. The scope of the Xia Dynasty in the picture is even larger than that in China's textbooks. The scope of the Shang Dynasty was blue, while the scope of the Zhou Dynasty was larger, within the brown area. The map of Xia, Shang and Zhou in American textbooks is still very good.
Xia, Shang and Zhou maps
The American textbook introduces China before the unification of Qin Dynasty, and there is such a map in it. This map is of the late Warring States period. Qin occupied Bashu, Yan opened up Liaodong, Zhao annexed Zhongshan, Loufanhe and Chu annexed Yue. Among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, there are also small countries such as Zhou, Song and Lu. There are also original pictures in China. Generally speaking, there is nothing wrong with the map of the Warring States in American textbooks.
Maps of the Warring States Period
There is a huge gap between the maps of Qin Dynasty in American textbooks and those of China. On this map drawn by the United States, the Qin Dynasty did not govern Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangxi and Jiaozhi (northern Vietnam). In fact, Jiangxi was included in the rule of Qin Dynasty as early as the demise of Chu State, and some counties were established, such as Zhang Yu County. After that, they marched south and established Minzhong County (Dongou) in Fujian, Nanhai County (Nanyue) in Guangdong, Guilin County (Xiou) in Guangxi and Xiang Jun County (Luoyue) at the bottom of the corner. It can be said that this map does not conform to the actual situation of the Qin Dynasty.
Qin dynasty
There are two main problems in the map of Han Dynasty in American textbooks. One is Fujian. Although there was no separate county in Han Dynasty, it was under the jurisdiction of Huiji County. The second is Hainan. After the demise of South Vietnam, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up two counties, Zhu Ya and Boer, on Hainan Island, and incorporated Hainan into Chinese territory for the first time. The map says 87 BC. At this time, Zhu Ya and Yuer County have not been abolished. Of course, there are more than two problems. There are only Jiaozhi County in northern Vietnam, but there are no Rinan County and Xianglin County. The southernmost tip of the Han Dynasty reached central Vietnam.
Han Dynasty
On the map of the Tang Dynasty, American textbooks used two colors. Dark color indicates the administrative jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty, and light color indicates the sphere of influence of the Tang Dynasty. Of course, there is nothing wrong with the painting itself. The problem lies in the sphere of influence. In the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, the sphere of influence reached the Aral Sea in the west, Lake Baikal in the north and Korea in the east, which was no problem. However, Tubo was never included in the sphere of influence of the Tang Dynasty, and it is obviously wrong for the United States to include Tubo in the sphere of influence. In addition, although there is Nanzhao State in the southwest, Guizhou (Guizhou Middle Road) is still under the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty. Guizhou is not included in the Tang Dynasty in the picture, which is obviously wrong.
Tang dynasty territory
Compared with the map of Chinese painting, the American painting "Song and Jin Confrontation Map" obviously ignores Xixia and Dali, and Song and Jin are the protagonists. The map of Southern Song Dynasty is not a big problem, but the map of Jin State is different. Jin originated in the Heilongjiang River Basin, and it has a strong control over the Heilongjiang River Basin. However, the Jin State in the picture has not reached the mainstream of Heilongjiang, which is obviously problematic.
Map of Mongolian Empire in American Textbooks. The time of the map is 1294. You know, in this year, the Mongol Empire split, and China should be distributed in the Yuan Dynasty, and there were also four great khanates. It is best to tell the maps of the Yuan Dynasty and the four great khanates. About the Yuan Dynasty, it was obviously not in line with history before the northeast arrived in Heilongjiang. The Yuan Dynasty once set up a viceroy in Teling, the estuary of Heilongjiang, indicating that the whole Heilongjiang River basin was under the control of the Yuan Dynasty. Of course, there are several maps of the Mongolian empire in American textbooks, and there are also more reasonable maps. However, these territories were not included in the Ali Dynasty and the Guge Dynasty.
The Mongol empire
The Mongol empire
The territory of the Ming Dynasty has always been a hot topic. The map of the Ming Dynasty (1424) drawn by the United States is the peak of the Ming Dynasty, excluding Mongolia and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which I agree with. The figure also includes the Nuer Tuo Si and Jiao Jiao Department, but the jurisdiction of Nuer Tuo Si only draws the northeast and east, and I don't know what the basis is. According to historical records, the scope of Nuergandusi is "its land is adjacent to the sea in the east, Wuliangha in the west, North Korea in the south, and Nuergan Beihai in the north", which shows that it should include the whole northeast.
Map of the heyday of Ming dynasty
American textbook 1760 Qing Dynasty territory. During this period, the Qing Dynasty had eliminated the Junggar khanate and unified the East Asian continent. The map of the United States is basically the same as that of China. The only difference is that the territory of the Qing Dynasty drawn by the United States includes North Korea, which shows that Americans believe that the sovereignty of North Korea belongs to the Qing Dynasty. At this point, I think beautiful paintings are still quite good. However, it is debatable that the United States did not include Ladakh in the Qing Dynasty.