// Modern era
Empire of China
- Period
- AD 1916 – AD 1916
- Duration
- approx. 0 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1916
- Area (max.)
- approx. 8.4 million km²
Period and duration
Empire of China — according to the map data from AD 1916 to AD 1916, roughly 0 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Empire of China — greatest extent around AD 1916: the mapped borders then cover about 8.4 million km², roughly 5.7% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 1915)
- Republic of China
After
No successors in the map data.
Neighbours around AD 1916
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- British Empire
- Russian Empire
- French Third Republic
- British Colonial Empire
- United States of America
- British Raj
- Portuguese Republic
- Netherlands
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1916 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Empire of China on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.