1. Xia Dynasty

The Xia Dynasty was the first hereditary dynasty recorded in Chinese history books. It originated in the Yellow River Basin. After Yu's son Qi abolished the abdication system, he settled in Yu County, Henan Proclaimed himself king and established the Xia Dynasty. It existed from 2070 BC to 1600 BC, which lasted for about 470 years. There were 13 generations and 17 kings in the Tang Dynasty. It was destroyed by Shang Tang. The territory of the Xia Dynasty was about 500,000 square kilometers, mainly between today's Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Henan. 2. Shang Dynasty

Chengtang established the Shang Dynasty, with its capital at Shangqiu, Henan. During Wu Ding's reign, he vigorously expanded his territory and occupied today's Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Inner Mongolia and other places. The territory expanded to more than one million square kilometers.

3. Zhou Dynasty

Ji Fa destroyed the Shang Dynasty and established the Zhou Dynasty, with its capital in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. After the founding of the country, Ji Fa enfeoffed many princes. In the early days of the founding of the country, its area was similar to that of the Shang Dynasty, and it later expanded. The territory has further expanded, reaching Heilongjiang in the north, Wuxi, Jiangsu in the south, and eastern Gansu in the west, covering an area of ??more than 2.5 million square kilometers. 4. Qin Dynasty

In 221 BC, King Qin Yingzheng destroyed the six kingdoms and established the Qin Dynasty, realizing the unification of the world. Its capital was Xianyang, Shaanxi Province today. It was the first feudal dynasty in my country, marking the transition from a slave-slavery society to a feudal society. During the reign of Qin Shihuang, he attacked the Xiongnu in the north and occupied Guangxi, Hainan and other areas in the south, with a territory of approximately three million square kilometers.

5. Western Han Dynasty

Liu Bang proclaimed himself emperor in 202 BC, established the Western Han Dynasty, and made Xi'an his capital. In 119 BC, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing attacked the Huns from the north and occupied all of Mongolia and the Lake Baikal area. In 102 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent general Li Guangli to invade the Western Regions, occupying the Tashkent region of Uzbekistan and attacking Iran, Afghanistan and other Western Region countries. The lands he attacked were frightened by the news, and all the Western Region countries surrendered to the Western Han Dynasty. In 99 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Yang Pu and Xun Shen to lead troops to occupy North Korea.

At the peak of the Western Han Dynasty, the land area reached more than 15 million square kilometers, occupying parts of present-day Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, central Russia, and southeastern Russia. In 36 BC, General Chen Tang of the Western Han Dynasty destroyed the Xiongnu Zhizhi Chanyu in the Western Regions, and said a famous saying that has been handed down from generation to generation: "Anyone who offends a strong Han will be punished no matter how far away he is." 6. Sui Dynasty

In 589 AD, Yang Jianzhi became emperor and established the Sui Dynasty, ending China's nearly three hundred years of division and realizing the unification of the world. During the Sui Dynasty, the Ryukyu Islands were surrendered. At its peak, the territory covered an area of ??about six million square kilometers.

7. Tang Dynasty

In 618 AD, Li Yuan destroyed the Sui Dynasty and established the Tang Dynasty, with its capital in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. The heyday of the Tang Dynasty was during the reign of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin. The territory expanded to the Sea of ??Japan in the east, the Caspian Sea in the northwest, Lake Baikal and the upper reaches of the Yenisey River in the north, and Vietnam and the Paracel Islands in the south. The area was about 1,000 More than six million square kilometers. 8. Song Dynasty

In 960 AD, Zhao Kuangyin established the Song Dynasty, known as the "Northern Song Dynasty" in history, with its capital in Kaifeng, Henan. The Northern Song Dynasty unified the south, with a territory of approximately four million square kilometers.

The Northern Song Dynasty emperor Zhao Gou proclaimed himself emperor in Shangqiu, Henan and established the Southern Song Dynasty. Its territory was mainly in the south, occupying the Xisha Islands and Nansha Islands, covering an area of ??approximately 2 million square kilometers. 9. The Mongol Empire and the Yuan Dynasty

In 1271 BC, the Mongolian Khan Kublai Khan proclaimed himself emperor, made Beijing his capital, and changed Mongolia into the Yuan Dynasty. The Yuan army destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, ended the more than 370 years of division in China from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to the Southern Song Dynasty, and achieved the unification of the world. The territory of the Yuan Dynasty was approximately more than 20 million square kilometers. The Mongol Empire's conquest is considered the most powerful expansion and conquest in human history. At that time, the territory of the Mongol Empire extended from the Arctic Ocean in Asia and Europe to the north, the Bering Sea and the Kamchatka Peninsula east of Siberia, to most of Southeast Asia, Myanmar, northern Thailand, etc., to the west to the Danube River in Central Europe, and to the east of the northern Korean Peninsula and present-day Jeju Island. The Mongol Empire was the largest country in the history of the world, with a territory of an astonishing 45 million square kilometers. 10. Ming Dynasty

In 1368 AD, Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, with the largest land area of ??12.33 million square kilometers. The Ming Dynasty basically inherited the Yuan Dynasty's territories in the Southern Song, Jin, Xixia, and Dali. Maintaining regulatory relations with Northeast China, Hami, Tibet, etc., which were originally controlled by the Yuan Dynasty.