Qin Wars of Unification
230 BCE – 221 BCE · 9 years
Qin Shi Huang systematically conquered all six rival Warring States kingdoms to unify China for the first time. He then standardised weights, measures, currency, and writing — creating the template for all subsequent Chinese empires.
Wikipedia
The opening of the article, and a way into the rest of it without leaving the site.
Qin's wars of unification on Wikipedia.
From Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Belligerents
The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.
- State of Qin (Ying Zheng)
- Six rival states (Han, Zhao, Wei, Chu, Yan, Qi)
Key moments
Defining events in the Qin Wars of Unification.
- 230 BC Conquest of Han
- 225 BC Battle of Daliang / fall of Wei
- 224-223 BC Conquest of Chu
- 221 BC Conquest of Qi
Elsewhere in East Asia at the time
Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.
Polity · East Asia
Xiongnu
400 BCE – 500 CE
Landmark · East Asia
Yakushima
3000 BCE – still standing
Conflict · East Asia
Warring States Period
475 BCE – 221 BCE
Polity · East Asia
Ainu
Attested 3000 BCE – 1700 CE
Landmark · East Asia
Great Wall of China
700 BCE – still standingPolity · East Asia
Thai
Attested 2000 BCE – 200 BCE
Landmark · East Asia
Ha Long Bay
3000 BCE – still standingPolity · East Asia
Paleo-Siberian hunter-gatherers
Attested 2000 BCE – 1200 CEDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 230 BCE and 221 BCE.
And in the rest of the world
Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.
Image credits6 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Qin's wars of unificationBenedetta blair · CC BY-SA 4.0
- YakushimaNASA · Public domain
- Warring States periodPhilg88 · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Ainu peopleTorbenbrinker · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Great Wall of ChinaSeverin.stalder · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hạ Long BayTaewangkorea · CC BY-SA 4.0
