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Name: Dian Kingdom

Type: Polity

Start: 278 BC

End: 109 BC

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Was an ancient kingdom established by the Dian people, a group of indigenous non-Chinese metalworking tribes that inhabited around the Dian Lake plateau of central northern Yunnan, China.

Establishment


  • January 278 BC: Dian was an ancient kingdom established by the Dian people, a group of indigenous non-Chinese metalworking tribes that inhabited around the Dian Lake plateau of central northern Yunnan, China.
  • Chronology


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    1. Han campaigns against Dian


    Was a series of military campaigns and expeditions by the Chinese Han dynasty against the Kingdom of Dian in modern Yunnan.

  • January 108 BC: Dian was placed under Han rule in 109 BC, after Emperor Han Wudi dispatched an army against the kingdom as the empire expanded southward.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 108 BC: Dian was placed under Han rule in 109 BC, after Emperor Han Wudi dispatched an army against the kingdom as the empire expanded southward.
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