Traditional date, disputed
Chinese tradition says Yu the Great tamed the floods and founded the Xia, China's first dynasty. Archaeologists debate whether Erlitou was its capital.
How it touches Islam The Quran says every nation was sent a messenger (16:36), though it names only some of them.
Yu the Great
Source: History ·
Borders come from Cliopatria, the open map of the Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0), and are approximate. Dates before 1000 BCE are estimates, and for the earliest prophets the Quran gives the order of events but not their years. Sources: the Quran, Sahih al-Bukhari and Muslim, the Seerah of Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Kathir's al-Bidaya wan-Nihaya, and standard histories. See also the villains of Islamic history, from Iblis to the Dajjal, and the library of people, nations, empires and places.
