Empire280 CE – 420 CE · 140 years

Jin Dynasty (China)

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
Keywords: wars, military history, conflicts, empires, historical atlas, casualties

Overview

The Jin dynasty or the Jin Empire, officially Jin, sometimes distinguished as the Sima Jin or the Two Jins, was an imperial dynasty in China that existed from 266 to 420 CE. It was founded by Sima Yan, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Jin, who previously served as the regent of the Cao Wei dynasty.

Wikipedia: Jin dynasty (266–420)·CC BY-SA 4.0

Borders & accuracy

Reconstructed borders

Solid borders are reconstructed from canonical historical-basemap data or hand-crafted from scholarly atlases.

SOURCEaourednik / historical-basemaps
DETAILhistorical-basemaps:300:Jin
SNAPSHOT300 CE
MATCHEDJin
POLITY TYPEstate

Wars of this empire10

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.

Xiongnu Rebellion Against Jin304–316 CE
Major conflict · 2.0M dead
Jin-Shu Unification War266–280 CE
Significant · 500K dead
Jin Expansion into Western Regions280–310 CE
Regional · 300K dead
Wars of the Sixteen Kingdoms304–439 CE
Regional
Battle of Luoyang311 CE
Regional
Battle of Changan316 CE
Regional
Battle of Xiangyi369 CE
Regional
Battle of Fei River383 CE
Regional
Battle of Luojian383 CE
Regional
Battle of Zhengrong404 CE
Regional

Open in the atlas →Seeks the timeline to 280 CE and fits the map to these borders.

Cite as: Jin Dynasty (China) (280 CE – 420 CE). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/e/asia-jin-dynasty · Sources & methodology