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Conflict East Asia

Tang Unification Wars

617 CE – 628 CE · 11 years

Li Yuan and his son Li Shimin overthrew the Sui Dynasty and then defeated numerous rival warlords to reunify China under the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin's brilliant generalship laid the foundation for what became China's most celebrated golden age of poetry, trade, and cosmopolitanism.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Tang Dynasty (Li Yuan, Li Shimin)
  • Sui remnants & rival warlords

Key moments

Defining events in the Tang Unification Wars.

  1. 617 Capture of Chang'an
  2. 621 Battle of Hulao Pass
  3. 628 Conquest of Eastern Turks

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.

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Polity · East Asia

Tang Empire

618 CE – 907 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Yakushima

3000 BCE – still standing

Trade route · East Asia

Silk Road

200 BCE – 1450 CE

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Göktürk Wars

552 CE – 744 CE

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Ainu

Attested 3000 BCE – 1700 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Great Wall of China

700 BCE – still standing

Trade route · East Asia

Maritime Silk Road

200 BCE – 1500 CE

Polity · East Asia

Malays

Attested 200 BCE – 1200 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 617 CE and 628 CE.

622 CE Al-Masjid an-Nabawi (Prophet's Mosque) 622 CE Mosque of the Prophet 624 CE Battle of Badr

And in the rest of the world

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

Al-Masjid an-Nabawi (Prophet's Mosque) Landmark · Middle East 622 CE – still standing Zhangzhung Kingdom Polity · South Asia 500 BCE – 625 CE Mesoamerican Trade Network Trade route · Americas 1200 BCE – 1521 CE Caracol–Naranjo Wars Conflict · Americas 626 CE – 800 CE Muhammad Figure · Arabian Peninsula 570 CE – 632 CE Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing
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