Territorial change of Lan Xang

“Lan Xang” — appears in this map’s data from AD 1363 to 1708. Its territory was largest in AD 1375 – 1384, at ≈ 377 thousand km².

Territory by period

Period	Area
AD 1363 – 1374	≈ 376 thousand km²
AD 1375 – 1384	≈ 377 thousand km²
AD 1385 – 1406	≈ 376 thousand km²
AD 1407 – 1428	≈ 376 thousand km²
AD 1429 – 1449	≈ 376 thousand km²
AD 1450 – 1506	≈ 375 thousand km²
AD 1507 – 1511	≈ 376 thousand km²
AD 1512 – 1528	≈ 375 thousand km²
AD 1529 – 1533	≈ 375 thousand km²
AD 1534 – 1563	≈ 375 thousand km²
AD 1564 – 1571	≈ 375 thousand km²
AD 1572 – 1578	≈ 357 thousand km²
AD 1588 – 1594	≈ 375 thousand km²
AD 1595 – 1599	≈ 375 thousand km²
AD 1600 – 1647	≈ 375 thousand km²
AD 1648 – 1652	≈ 375 thousand km²
AD 1653 – 1658	≈ 376 thousand km²
AD 1659 – 1705	≈ 375 thousand km²
AD 1706 – 1708	≈ 375 thousand km²

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1375 – 1384 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Frame	Area	Rank
AD 1363	≈ 376 thousand km²	22 of 147
AD 1375	≈ 377 thousand km²	24 of 154
AD 1385	≈ 376 thousand km²	23 of 154
AD 1392	≈ 376 thousand km²	23 of 154
AD 1395	≈ 376 thousand km²	22 of 149
AD 1402	≈ 376 thousand km²	21 of 141
AD 1407	≈ 376 thousand km²	21 of 141
AD 1415	≈ 376 thousand km²	22 of 136
AD 1422	≈ 376 thousand km²	22 of 132
AD 1429	≈ 376 thousand km²	23 of 130
AD 1431	≈ 376 thousand km²	22 of 130
AD 1440	≈ 376 thousand km²	21 of 129
AD 1450	≈ 375 thousand km²	23 of 127
AD 1453	≈ 375 thousand km²	24 of 130
AD 1459	≈ 375 thousand km²	22 of 132
AD 1463	≈ 375 thousand km²	24 of 132
AD 1468	≈ 375 thousand km²	24 of 140
AD 1475	≈ 375 thousand km²	25 of 137
AD 1482	≈ 375 thousand km²	25 of 131
AD 1487	≈ 375 thousand km²	26 of 129
AD 1492	≈ 375 thousand km²	25 of 129
AD 1497	≈ 375 thousand km²	26 of 130
AD 1502	≈ 375 thousand km²	27 of 129
AD 1507	≈ 376 thousand km²	27 of 125
AD 1512	≈ 375 thousand km²	27 of 124
AD 1516	≈ 375 thousand km²	26 of 123
AD 1519	≈ 375 thousand km²	24 of 123
AD 1521	≈ 375 thousand km²	24 of 119
AD 1526	≈ 375 thousand km²	26 of 121
AD 1529	≈ 375 thousand km²	26 of 124
AD 1534	≈ 375 thousand km²	26 of 125
AD 1540	≈ 375 thousand km²	26 of 122
AD 1547	≈ 375 thousand km²	27 of 121
AD 1552	≈ 375 thousand km²	27 of 119
AD 1556	≈ 375 thousand km²	26 of 117
AD 1564	≈ 375 thousand km²	27 of 116
AD 1572	≈ 357 thousand km²	27 of 110
AD 1588	≈ 375 thousand km²	25 of 100
AD 1595	≈ 375 thousand km²	23 of 99
AD 1600	≈ 375 thousand km²	23 of 97
AD 1602	≈ 375 thousand km²	23 of 98
AD 1609	≈ 375 thousand km²	24 of 100
AD 1612	≈ 375 thousand km²	24 of 105
AD 1619	≈ 375 thousand km²	24 of 107
AD 1622	≈ 375 thousand km²	24 of 107
AD 1626	≈ 375 thousand km²	24 of 109
AD 1629	≈ 375 thousand km²	25 of 109
AD 1632	≈ 375 thousand km²	24 of 109
AD 1636	≈ 375 thousand km²	25 of 110
AD 1640	≈ 375 thousand km²	26 of 114
AD 1642	≈ 375 thousand km²	27 of 115
AD 1645	≈ 375 thousand km²	26 of 115
AD 1648	≈ 375 thousand km²	26 of 117
AD 1653	≈ 376 thousand km²	26 of 115
AD 1659	≈ 375 thousand km²	25 of 114
AD 1662	≈ 375 thousand km²	25 of 116
AD 1670	≈ 375 thousand km²	26 of 117
AD 1673	≈ 375 thousand km²	27 of 117
AD 1677	≈ 375 thousand km²	27 of 116
AD 1683	≈ 375 thousand km²	25 of 117
AD 1687	≈ 375 thousand km²	26 of 113
AD 1691	≈ 375 thousand km²	26 of 111
AD 1696	≈ 375 thousand km²	25 of 108
AD 1700	≈ 375 thousand km²	24 of 107
AD 1702	≈ 375 thousand km²	23 of 109
AD 1706	≈ 375 thousand km²	23 of 114

Its highest rank was in AD 1407: number 141 of 21.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Khmer Empire — 66 frames
Ayutthaya Kingdom — 64 frames
Ming dynasty — 49 frames
Shan States — 35 frames
Lanna Kingdom — 35 frames
Trịnh lords — 30 frames
Nguyễn lords — 30 frames
First Toungoo Empire — 27 frames
Lê dynasty — 26 frames
Champa — 17 frames
Sukhothai Kingdom — 12 frames
Qing dynasty — 11 frames
Mạc dynasty — 9 frames
Ngô dynasty — 6 frames
Southern Ming — 5 frames
Lanna Kingdom — 4 frames
Yuan dynasty — 1 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 1 by area.

Frame		Other country	Area
AD 1579	lost	First Toungoo Empire	≈ 359 thousand km²

Wikipedia summary

Lan Xang (Lao: ລ້ານຊ້າງ, pronounced [lâːn sâːŋ]), also spelled Lan Sang, was a Lao kingdom that held the area of present-day Laos from 1353 to 1707. For three and a half centuries, Lan Xang was one of the largest kingdoms in Southeast Asia.

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