Qin is an extremely important dynasty in the history of China and the first unified centralized country in the history of China. During the Northern Expedition of Qin Dynasty, the territory of China was clearly defined for the first time by Baiyue in Nanping, Xiongnu. In the north, the newly established Xiongnu, Donghu and Yueshi, while the western countries have not yet contacted Qin.
The Western Han Dynasty is a dynasty that is determined to forge ahead and expand its territory. It is of great significance to regard the western region as the capital of China. At the same time, the forces of the Western Han Dynasty entered the Korean Peninsula and transferred half of the territory to China. In the north, the powerful Xiongnu khanate fought endlessly with the Western Han Dynasty and was finally defeated by the Western Han Dynasty.
The map of the Eastern Han Dynasty is missing, but the maps of the Three Kingdoms are basically maps of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Cao Wei inherited the rule of the Eastern Han Dynasty over the Western Regions and established a government for the Western Regions with a long history. Half of the Korean peninsula belongs to Cao Wei; Most of Vietnam belongs to Soochow; Some countries, such as Myanmar, belong to Shu Han. The rise of Xianbei in the north had a great influence on later China.
The Western Jin Dynasty ended the tripartite confrontation and unified China, but the unification time was only 5 1 year. The territory of the Western Jin Dynasty was actually a unified region of the three countries, and it did not expand or shrink.
During this period, the Eastern Jin regime of the Han nationality contracted to the south, but in the Yellow River basin, various ethnic minority regimes scuffled, which led to the long-term division of the north.
The first period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
In the second period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Northern Wei Dynasty fought against the Southern Qi Dynasty. Nomads in the north and Tuyuhun in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are on the rise.
Sui unified China again, but did not unify the ministries of the Western Regions.
In the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, it can be seen from the map that the strength of the Tang Dynasty at that time, especially in the western and northern regions, surpassed that of any previous dynasty.
In the mid-Tang Dynasty, although the western border contracted, the Northeast was brought into Chinese territory for the first time. Although the Turks revived the country, they were no longer brave and were soon occupied by Uighurs.
The Northern Song Dynasty ended the division of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and formed a north-south confrontation with Liao. In addition, Xixia and Dali regimes also coexisted with it. Among the major dynasties in China, the Northern Song Dynasty was the smallest.
During the confrontation between the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, the Han regime in the Southern Song Dynasty retreated to the south of the Yangtze River and took charge of half of the country. The Jin Dynasty was unable to advance southward. Mongolia rose, soon wiped out all the powerful countries and established an unprecedented Mongolian empire.
The Yuan Dynasty was the most extensive period in China's history, and there were four great khanates besides the Yuan Dynasty. These four countries were all under the orders of the Yuan Emperor, but in fact they were all in their own way.
Compared with the Yuan Dynasty, the territory of the Ming Dynasty was greatly reduced, but it inherited the territory of the Yuan Dynasty in the northeast and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
This map is the territory of the twenty-fifth year of Jiaqing (1820), which can represent the territory of the middle and early Qing Dynasty. China was once the most powerful country in the world at that time, but it gradually declined from the late Qianlong period. 1840 When the Opium War broke out, China began to lose a lot of territory.
This map is the territory of the late Qing dynasty, which is much smaller than that of the middle and early Qing dynasty. At this time, Taiwan Province Province already belonged to Japan. The territory of the late Qing Dynasty established the territory of China today.