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Conflict East Asia

Three Kingdoms (China)

220 CE – 280 CE · 60 years

After the collapse of the Han Dynasty, China split into three rival kingdoms — Wei, Shu, and Wu — whose wars killed an estimated 36–40 million people, making it one of the deadliest conflicts in human history.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Cao Wei
  • Shu Han
  • Eastern Wu

Key moments

Defining events in the Three Kingdoms (China).

  1. 208 Battle of Red Cliffs
  2. 222 Battle of Xiaoting
  3. 228–234 Zhuge Liang's Northern Expeditions
  4. 263 Conquest of Shu by Wei

Elsewhere in East Asia at the time

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Polity · East Asia

Han Empire

205 BCE – 220 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Yakushima

3000 BCE – still standing

Trade route · East Asia

Silk Road

200 BCE – 1450 CE

Polity · East Asia

Jin Empire

266 CE – 500 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

Xiongnu

400 BCE – 500 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Ha Long Bay

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 220 CE and 280 CE.

229 CE Nanjing 224 CE Early Sassanid–Roman Wars 226 CE Palenque 235 CE Crisis of the Third Century 260 CE Sassanid-Roman Wars of the 3rd Century

And in the rest of the world

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

Temple of Artemis at Ephesus Landmark · Europe 550 BCE – 262 CE Sasanian Empire Polity · Middle East 224 CE – 700 CE Mesoamerican Trade Network Trade route · Americas 1200 BCE – 1521 CE Early Sassanid–Roman Wars Conflict · Middle East 224 CE – 260 CE Nagarjuna Figure · South India 150 CE – 250 CE Palenque Landmark · Americas 226 CE – still standing
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