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List of Maps

A Biographical Dictionary of later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 AD)

Map 1: The Northern Steppe in 90 AD 1308
Map 2: The Western Regions during the Later Han Period 1309
Map 3: The Later Han Empire in 140 AD 1310

View image Map 1: The Northern Steppe in 90 AD

View image Map 2: The Western Regions during the Later Han Period

MAP 3: THE LATER HAN EMPIRE c. 140 AD

For the generality of the empire, commandery units are shown with their boundaries, but in the region of the North China plain they are indicated by the sites of their capitals, with abbreviated names as listed below:

Ji province:   Yan province:   Qing province:   Xu province:   Yu province:
AP Anping CL Chenliu BH Beihai DH Donghai C Chen
BH Bohai D Dong DL Donglai GL Guangling L Liang
CS Changshan DP Dongping JN Jinan LY Langye LU Lu
HJ Hejian JB Jibei LA Lean PC Pengcheng P Pei
JL Julu JY Jiyin PY Pingyuan XP Xiapi RN Runan
QH Qinghe RC Rencheng QI Qi     YC Yingchuan
W Wei SY Shanyang            
Z Zhao TS Taishan            
ZS Zhongshan                

On the northern and western frontier, DS indicates a dependent state.

View image Map 3: The Later Han Empire in 140 AD

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