// Antiquity
Spring and Autumn States
- Period
- 750 BC – 481 BC
- Duration
- approx. 269 years
- Greatest extent
- around 750 BC
- Area (max.)
- approx. 1 million km²
Period and duration
Spring and Autumn States — according to the map data from 750 BC to 481 BC, roughly 269 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
Spring and Autumn States — greatest extent around 750 BC: the mapped borders then cover about 1 million km², roughly 0.7% 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 (751 BC)
After
- Warring States China
- Jin
- Yue
- Qi
Neighbours around 750 BC
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Wu
- Jin
- Qi
- Yan
- Lu
- Song
- Later Zhou
- Wey
Learn more
- Open the world map in 750 BC — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Spring and Autumn States 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.