// Middle Ages
Shan States
- Period
- AD 1294 – AD 1563
- Duration
- approx. 269 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1540
- Area (max.)
- approx. 389,000 km²
Period and duration
Shan States — according to the map data from AD 1294 to AD 1563, 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
Shan States — greatest extent around AD 1540: the mapped borders then cover about 389,000 km², roughly 0.3% 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 1293)
After
Neighbours around AD 1540
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Ming Dynasty
- Sur Empire
- Portuguese Empire
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
- Lan Xang
- Lê Dynasty
- First Toungoo Empire
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1540 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Shan 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.