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This map illustrates the possible extent of the semi-mythical Xia dynasty of China as well as the Great Flood of Gun-Yu which marked the end of the age of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.

The flood was famously managed by Count Gun and his son Yu. Yu would eventually earn the trust of the reigning Emperor who named him as his successor. Yu would be known as Yu the Great and passed the throne to his own son instead of a skilled or successful bureaucrat, beginning the first dynastic tradition of China.

Hillshade derived from Natural Earth and the DEM from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, both in the public domain

Description

This map illustrates the possible extent of the semi-mythical Xia dynasty of China as well as the Great Flood of Gun-Yu which marked the end of the age of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.

The flood was famously managed by Count Gun and his son Yu. Yu would eventually earn the trust of the reigning Emperor who named him as his successor. Yu would be known as Yu the Great and passed the throne to his own son instead of a skilled or successful bureaucrat, beginning the first dynastic tradition of China.

Hillshade derived from Natural Earth and the DEM from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, both in the public domain