East Asia · Confederacies, Han and the steppe
Mahan confederacy
drawn on the map AD 1–346
Mahan was the largest Samhan confederacy, occupying the southwestern peninsula (Gyeonggi, Chungcheong, Jeolla) with some 54 statelets. Its leading state, Baekje, rose to absorb the others by the 4th century.
- Shown on the map
- AD 1–346
- Peak area
- 50k km²
- Region
- East Asia
Overview
Mahan was the largest Samhan confederacy, occupying the southwestern peninsula (Gyeonggi, Chungcheong, Jeolla) with some 54 statelets. Its leading state, Baekje, rose to absorb the others by the 4th century. Mahan was agricultural, practiced sericulture, and held communal religious festivals. Baekje's consolidation under Goi and Geunchogo ended Mahan's confederal existence.
Common questions
- What was Mahan confederacy?
- Mahan was the largest Samhan confederacy, occupying the southwestern peninsula (Gyeonggi, Chungcheong, Jeolla) with some 54 statelets. Its leading state, Baekje, rose to absorb the others by the 4th century.
- When is Mahan confederacy shown on the map?
- The border data draws Mahan confederacy AD 1–346. The source samples borders at fixed dates, so a span can begin late or run on past the end.
- How large was Mahan confederacy?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, Mahan confederacy covered about 50,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia article for each polity as the basis of these profiles, supplemented by Encyclopaedia Britannica, chinaknowledge.de, the World History Encyclopedia, museum and university sources, and the academic works it lists. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Mahan confederacy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahan_confederacy
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