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Description

English: Map of the North China Plain during the Western Zhou period

Map legend

Elevation:

above 2000m

800–2000m

200–800m

below 200m

water, with modern coastline where different

Western Zhou capitals and colonies (states)

Western Zhou archaeological sites

Zhou royal domain

Date 16 June 2024

Source

Own work, using

Modern coastline, lakes and rivers from Natural Earth 1:10m Physical Vectors
Contours derived from 2-Minute Gridded Global Relief Data (ETOPO2) v2, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, using gdal_contour (from GDAL).
Ancient coastline, lakes and rivers from
- Tan, Qixiang , ed. (1982) The Historical Atlas of China, 1, China Cartographic Publishing House Maps 15–16, 17–18.
- Liu, Li; Chen, Xingcan (2012) The Archaeology of China: From the Late Paleolithic to the Early Bronze Age, Cambridge University Press ISBN: 978-0-521-64310-8. Fig. 10.1 (p. 351), Fig. 10.7 (p. 364), Fig. 10.8 (p. 365).
States and archaeological sites from
- Li, Feng (2006) Landscape and Power in Early China: The Crisis and Fall of the Western Zhou 1045–771 BC, Cambridge University Press ISBN: 978-0-521-85272-2. pp. 42, 59, 302, 320, 333.
Zhou royal domain from
- Li, Feng (2013) Early China: A Social and Cultural History, Cambridge University Press ISBN: 978-0-521-89552-1. Map 6.2, p. 122.

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Creator

Kanguole

Geotemporal data

Date depicted

9^th century BC

Spatial reference system equirectangular

Bounding box

N: 41.5°N
W: 103.8°E		E: 122.9°E
S: 29.2°N

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	08:39, 27 July 2024	1,734 × 1,369 (697 KB)	Kanguole	more labels
	08:22, 27 July 2024	1,734 × 1,369 (697 KB)	Kanguole	add some non-Ji states, rename a couple of states, more river labels
	11:12, 24 July 2024	1,734 × 1,369 (696 KB)	Kanguole	tweak Li states
	09:43, 21 July 2024	1,734 × 1,369 (696 KB)	Kanguole	add royal domain
	08:22, 17 June 2024	1,734 × 1,369 (693 KB)	Kanguole	fix XML markup errors (duplicates and bad characters in id's)
	15:46, 16 June 2024	1,734 × 1,369 (695 KB)	Kanguole	{{Map \|Description={{en\|Map of the North China Plain during the Western Zhou period}} \|Legend=Elevation: {{legend\|#aa8753\|above 2000m}} {{legend\|#cab982\|800–2000m}} {{legend\|#efebc0\|200–800m}} {{legend\|#a8c68f\|below 200m}} {{legend\|#c6ecff\|water, with modern coastline where different\|line=2px dotted blue}} {{legend\|\|symbol as file\|file=Square black.svg\|Western Zhou ''Ji'' states}} {{legend\|\|symbol as file\|file=Location dot black.svg\|Western Zhou archaeological sites}} \|Map date={{other date\|c...