Some people say that the Han Dynasty had 25 million territory, is it reliable?

Liu Bang had just founded the Han Dynasty, and the national strength weakened after years of fighting, the Hetao area was occupied by the Xiongnu, and southern regions such as Nanyue, Binyue, and Guizhou became independent one after another.

After experiencing the rule of Wenjing, he became a rich man when he asked for money in the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. As a result, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty launched a large-scale war of foreign expansion. Not only the Hetao area, but also drove the Xiongnu out of the Hexi Corridor.

In 119 B.C., the great general Wei Qing reached the present-day Baikal region. <>

The Northeast region destroyed Korea in 108 BC, bringing present-day Korea into the Han realm. That is, the northernmost part of the area controlled by the Han Dynasty was from Lake Baikal to Korea.

In the south, in 111 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty destroyed the Nanyue Kingdom, adding Hainan Island to the map, and in 109 BC he destroyed the Republic and pushed the southwestern frontier to what is now the Ailao Mountains and Gaoligong Mountains in Yunnan.

To the east and to the east of the forehead is the sea. In the realm of Han's rule. Regarding the western side, due to climate and topography and other reasons, the Han Dynasty only controlled the eastern part of Qinghai and did not incorporate the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau into the Han territory. <>

The territory of the Han reached its peak during the reign of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty. In 60 BC, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty established the Western Regions Protectorate, officially incorporating the Western Regions into the Han territory. In this way, the territory of Han was basically determined.

On the map, the territory of the Han Dynasty stretched from east to the sea, north to present-day Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, northwest to Xinjiang, west to present-day Gansu and Sichuan, south to Yunnan, and Guangxi. So, why can Han's largest area reach 25 million square kilometers?

This is recorded in historical facts, but according to the analysis of the three screenshots of the question, the Han Dynasty did not have 25 million square kilometers of land.

For this reason, I deliberately found all 3 screenshots before the evening.

According to these three screenshots, analyze them one by one.

First, after Wei Qing and Huo Qubing seriously damaged the Xiongnu, the territory of the Han Dynasty expanded to the coast of the Arctic Ocean.

Well, what's this called? In short, there were not many Siberians at that time. Anything you can say online. Of course, it can also be said that the Americas were included in the Han territory.

Because there is no proof that the Han Dynasty did not control Siberia. <>

Second, it is said that on the Internet, the Han Dynasty dominated Hexi.

The third point is not different from the truth. Controlled the Liangguang region and northern Vietnam, and extended the southwestern border to the areas of the Gaoligong Mountains and Ailao Mountains in Yunnan.

The fifth point is a bit exaggerated. After the Han Dynasty destroyed Korea, the Han Dynasty extended its borders to the Bering Strait.

Six o'clock is OK. Took control of the Western Regions.

Hanfeng's territory covers an area of 6.09 million square kilometers, an increase of 19 million square kilometers. The current three northeastern provinces, Inner Mongolia, Mongolia, Siberia, and Kazakhstan must be added.

The Xiongnu were not exterminated during the Han Dynasty. So can Han be controlled on the coast of the Arctic Ocean?

I think it's very reliable, because relatively speaking, the Han Dynasty was a relatively strong era, and I think the strength of the Han Dynasty can have so much territory, so I think it's quite reliable.

It should be unreliable, the territory of the Han Dynasty was not 25 million square kilometers, and the land area reached 10.2 million square kilometers in its heyday.

The territory of the Han Dynasty reached its peak in the era of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, when the Western Regions Protectorate was established in the Hanchuan region, but according to historical records, the Han Dynasty did not reach 25 million square kilometers of land

This is still unreliable, and the territory owned by the Han Dynasty was about 3 million square kilometers. Not as much as 25 million.

Reliable, during the Han Dynasty, in fact, Liu Che's generation opened up the Hexi Corridor and drove out the Xiongnu, so this territory is also ours.

I don't think it's reliable, because there were a lot of ethnic minorities around the Han Dynasty. Moreover, the ruling territory of the Han Dynasty was not so extensive, and many maps in ancient times could not be studied, so they were unreliable.

This statement is unreliable, this kind of counting all the vassal states and areas of influence of the Han Dynasty is included, and the actual scope of control is not so large.

The territory of the Han Dynasty was not 25 million square kilometers, and at its peak it reached 10.2 million square kilometers (there may be discrepancies, but not much).

People who say that the territory of the Han Dynasty has 25 million square kilometers may have no idea how big the territory is. Now the territory of the People's Republic of China is only 9.6 million square kilometers, which is almost the size of three new Chinas, is it possible?

Let's take a look at the size of the territory of each great unified dynasty in ancient Chinese history.

1.Qin Dynasty. The Qin Dynasty is the first dynasty in our country to complete the unification, swept away the six countries, chased the Xiongnu in the north, and Baiyue in the south, reached the point of unprecedented times, the land north to the Great Wall, south to the South China Sea, west to Longyou, east to the East China Sea, with an area of 4.6 million square kilometers.

2.Han dynasty. The Han Dynasty inherited the territory of the Qin Dynasty, and with the development of time, it reached its peak during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, striking at the Xiongnu, opening up the Hexi Corridor, and establishing the Western Regions Protectorate, with a land area of 10.2 million square kilometers.

After Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, overthrew Wang Mang's new dynasty and re-established the Han Dynasty, which reached about 10 million square kilometers in its heyday.

3.Western Jin Dynasty. <>

After the Three Kingdoms War at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the population and territory shrank, and the land area was about 9 million square kilometers.

4.Sui Dynasty. After experiencing the great integration of the ethnic groups of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Great Unification Dynasty was established, which laid the foundation for the later Tang Dynasty, and the land area once reached 8.1 million square kilometers.

5.Tang dynasty. The Tang Dynasty was the pinnacle of China's feudal society, many countries sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty to exchange and study, and the Han Dynasty was equally famous, with the reputation of "strong Han and Tang Dynasty", defeated the Turks and other strong enemies, and established Anxi, Andong, and Beiting Protectorate, with an area of 12.4 million square kilometers.

6.Song dynasty. During the Song Dynasty, surrounded by strong external enemies, the area shrank significantly, and at its peak it was only about 4.6 million square kilometers.

7.Yuan. <>

The Yuan Dynasty was established by Kublai Khan, the descendant of Genghis Khan, and before that, Genghis Khan and his descendants launched several western expeditions to establish the Ögedai Khanate, the Chagatai Khanate, the Kipchak Khanate and the Ilkhanate, if you count the four khanates, the territory of the Mongol Empire is about 33.25 million square kilometers, and the area of the Yuan Dynasty alone is about 18.8 million square kilometers.

8.Ming dynasty. After the Ming Dynasty expelled the Meng Yuan, it operated the northeast to establish the Nuer Gandu Division, and the land area is about the same as that of our country now, about 9.97 million square kilometers.

9.Qing Dynasty. On the basis of the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty added the territory of the Mongolian tribes and the Western Regions, and the land area reached 12.8 million square kilometers at its peak.