East Asia · Fragmentation, Song and the conquest dynasties
Former Shu
907–925
Former Shu (907–925), one of the Ten Kingdoms, was founded in Sichuan by Wang Jian, capital Chengdu. A prosperous, culturally rich refuge (poets, painters), it was conquered by the Later Tang in 925 under its second ruler Wang Yan.
- Existed
- 907–925
- Shown on the map
- AD 911–925
- Peak area
- 609k km²
- Region
- East Asia
Overview
Former Shu (907–925), one of the Ten Kingdoms, was founded in Sichuan by Wang Jian, capital Chengdu. A prosperous, culturally rich refuge (poets, painters), it was conquered by the Later Tang in 925 under its second ruler Wang Yan.
Common questions
- What was Former Shu?
- Former Shu (907–925), one of the Ten Kingdoms, was founded in Sichuan by Wang Jian, capital Chengdu. A prosperous, culturally rich refuge (poets, painters), it was conquered by the Later Tang in 925 under its second ruler Wang Yan.
- When did Former Shu exist?
- Former Shu existed 907–925. On this map it is drawn AD 911–925.
- How large was Former Shu?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, Former Shu covered about 609,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia article for each polity as the basis of these profiles, supplemented by Encyclopaedia Britannica, chinaknowledge.de, the World History Encyclopedia, museum and university sources, and the academic works it lists. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Former Shu en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former_Shu
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Border geometry for the map itself comes from Cliopatria v0.12 (Seshat Global History Databank, CC-BY-4.0).
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