Kyrgyzstan

Central Asia

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Macau S.A.R. (China)

China

North Korea

East Asia

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

<p>A map shows the extent of the Chinese Empires. The Han Empire (black) covers the largest area. The Zhou Empire (blue) and Shang Empire (yellow) cover smaller regions within the Han Empire, primarily in central China around modern-day Jinan and Wuhan.</p>

<p>Territorial extent of the Han, Shang, and Zhou empires</p>

Chinese Empires

nature

American Samoa (U.S.)

Australia

Cook Is. (New Zealand)

Fiji

French Polynesia (France)

Guam (U.S.)

Kiribati

Marshall Is.

Micronesia

Nauru

New Zealand

Niue (New Zealand)

Northern Mariana Is. (U.S.)

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Pitcairn Is. (U.K.)

Samoa

Solomon Is.

St. Helena (U.K.)

Tuvalu

Australia & Oceania

Anguilla (U.K.)

Antigua and Barbuda

Aruba (Neth.)

Bahamas

Barbados

Bermuda (U.K.)

British Virgin Is. (U.K.)

Cayman Is. (U.K.)

Cuba

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Grenada

Haiti

Jamaica

Seychelles

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Lucia

St. Martin (France)

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

Turks and Caicos Is. (U.K.)

U.S. Virgin Is. (U.S.)

Caribbean

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Japan

Mongolia

Nepal

South Korea

Taiwan

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Albania

Andorra

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Gibraltar (U.K.)

Greece

Guernsey (U.K.)

Holy See (Vatican City)

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Isle of Man (U.K.)

Italy

Jersey (U.K.)

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Monaco

Montenegro

Montserrat (U.K.)

Netherlands

Northern Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Europe

Argentina

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Guyana

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Latin America

Curaçao (Neth.)

Faeroe Is. (Denmark)

Falkland Is. (U.K.)

Greenland (Denmark)

Mauritania

Mauritius

New Caledonia (France)

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

São Tomé and Príncipe

Sint Maarten (Neth.)

St. Pierre and Miquelon (France)

Tonga

Vanuatu

Wallis and Futuna Is. (France)

None

Canada

Mexico

United States

North America

Bangladesh

Bhutan

India

Maldives

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

South Asia

Brunei

Cambodia

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Algeria

Bahrain

Egypt

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Libya

Morocco

Oman

Palestine

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria

Tunisia

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

Western Sahara

Yemen

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Angola

Sub-Saharan Africa

Chinese Empires			Change in Urbanization
Han Empire	Shang Empire	Zhou Empire	Class	Rank	Percentage of annual change


13.8%
2.90%	5.56%	1.25%






21.5%