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Name: Donghu

Type: Polity

Start: 699 BC

End: 150 BC

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Was a tribal confederation of nomadic people that was located in the north of modern-day China.

Establishment


  • January 699 BC: Donghu was a tribal confederation of nomadic people that was first recorded from the 7th century BC.
  • Chronology


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    1. Qin´s wars of unification


    Were a series of military campaigns launched in the late 3rd century BC by the Qin state against the other six major Chinese states, leading to the unification of China under the Qin dynasty.

    1.1.Conquest of Dai

    Was a military campaign by the Qin Dynasty that led to the conquest of the state of Dai.

  • November 228 BC: Prince Jia, King Qian's elder brother, escaped from Handan and went to Dai (within present-day Yu County in northwestern Hebei), where, with help from some Zhao remnants, he declared himself the King of Dai.

  • 2. Han-Xiongnu War


    Was a series of military battles fought between the Han Empire and the nomadic Xiongnu confederation.

    2.1.Han invasion of the Xiongnu

    Xiongnu invaded what is now Shanxi province, where they defeated the Han forces at Baideng in 200 BC.

  • January 199 BC: Xiongnu invaded what is now Shanxi province, where they defeated the Han forces at Baideng in 200 BC.
  • February 199 BC: Xiongnu invaded what is now Shanxi province, where they defeated the Han forces at Baideng in 200 BC.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 149 BC: Donghu was destroyed by the Xiongnu in 150 BC.
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