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Name: Kangju

Type: Polity

Start: 127 BC

End: 101 BC

Nation: kangju

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The Chinese name of an ancient kingdom in Central Asia which became for a couple of centuries the second greatest power in Transoxiana. Kangju was mentioned by the Chinese traveller and diplomat Zhang Qian who visited the area c. 128 BCE.

Establishment


  • January 127 BC: Kangju was an ancient kingdom in Central Asia which became for a couple of centuries the second greatest power in Transoxiana after the Yuezhi. Kangju was mentioned by the Chinese traveller and diplomat Zhang Qian who visited the area c. 128 BC.
  • Chronology


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    1. Han-Xiongnu War


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

  • January 100 BC: The Han empire brought the state of Kangju into tributary submission between 108 and 101 BC.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 100 BC: The Han empire brought the state of Kangju into tributary submission between 108 and 101 BC.
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