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In the Central Plains of China:Came before: Han dynasty Came after: Sui dynasty
The Jin dynasty and the Northern and Southern dynasties came in between, 266 to 589 CE.
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After the Han empire collapsed into warlordism, three rival states, Wei in the north, Shu-Han in the south-west and Wu in the south, fought for the Mandate of Heaven for six decades. War, famine and flight from the tax rolls left the registered population at a fraction of Han levels before one general's heir reunited the country under a new dynasty, Jin.
Also alive at the same time
Key events
Cao Cao's fleet is burned at the Battle of Red Cliffs, blocking his conquest of the south and setting up the three-way split
Sources
- de Crespigny, Rafe (2016). Fire over Luoyang: A History of the Later Han Dynasty, 23–220 AD. Brill.
- "Three Kingdoms." Encyclopaedia Britannica.
The last Han emperor cedes the throne to Cao Pi, who founds Wei in the north
Sources
- "Three Kingdoms." Encyclopaedia Britannica.
- de Crespigny, Rafe (2016). Fire over Luoyang: A History of the Later Han Dynasty, 23–220 AD. Brill.
Liu Bei proclaims Shu-Han in Sichuan, styling himself the legitimate heir to the Han
Sources
- "Three Kingdoms." Encyclopaedia Britannica.
- Lewis, Mark Edward (2009). China between Empires: The Northern and Southern Dynasties. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
– Shu-Han chancellor Zhuge Liang leads repeated, ultimately unsuccessful campaigns north against Wei
Sources
- Lewis, Mark Edward (2009). China between Empires: The Northern and Southern Dynasties. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
- "Three Kingdoms." Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Wei armies conquer Shu-Han, ending the first of the three kingdoms
Sources
- "Three Kingdoms." Encyclopaedia Britannica.
- Lewis, Mark Edward (2009). China between Empires: The Northern and Southern Dynasties. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
Wei general Sima Yan forces the Wei emperor to abdicate and proclaims the Jin dynasty
Sources
- "Three Kingdoms." Encyclopaedia Britannica.
- Lewis, Mark Edward (2009). China between Empires: The Northern and Southern Dynasties. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
Jin forces conquer Wu, the last of the three kingdoms, reuniting China
Sources
- "Three Kingdoms." Encyclopaedia Britannica.
- Lewis, Mark Edward (2009). China between Empires: The Northern and Southern Dynasties. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.