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Conflict East Asia

Han–Xiongnu Wars

200 BCE – 89 CE · 289 years

Centuries of conflict between the Chinese Han Dynasty and the nomadic Xiongnu confederation along the northern frontier. Emperor Wu's massive campaigns eventually split the Xiongnu, with the southern branch submitting to China. The wars drove construction of the Great Wall and opened the Silk Road.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Han Dynasty
  • Xiongnu Confederacy

Key moments

Defining events in the Han–Xiongnu Wars.

  1. 200 BC Battle of Baideng
  2. 119 BC Battle of Mobei
  3. 89 AD Battle of Ikh Bayan

Elsewhere in East Asia at the time

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Polity · East Asia

Thai

Attested 2000 BCE – 200 BCE

Landmark · East Asia

Gyeongju Historic Areas

57 BCE – 935 CE

Trade route · East Asia

Silk Road

200 BCE – 1450 CE

Polity · East Asia

Han

Attested 1 BCE – 200 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Ise Grand Shrine

4 BCE – still standing

Trade route · East Asia

Maritime Silk Road

200 BCE – 1500 CE

Polity · East Asia

Hainan

Attested 1 BCE – 1400 CE

Landmark · East Asia

White Horse Temple

68 CE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 200 BCE and 89 CE.

200 BCE Guangzhou 200 BCE Chang'an 57 BCE Gyeongju Historic Areas 4 BCE Ise Grand Shrine 68 CE White Horse Temple

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Colosseum Landmark · Europe 80 CE – still standing Chorrera Polity · Americas 1500 BCE – 100 BCE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Cimbrian War Conflict · Europe 113 BCE – 101 BCE Yose ben Yoezer Figure · Judea 200 BCE – 161 BCE Delos Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – 69 BCE
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