Wa States

This article is about the specific polity Wa States and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was the country of the Wa people.

Establishment

January 499 BC: The Wa States were an undetermined number of Wa village chiefdoms and their confederacies. According to Wa oral tradition the area where they live, with the Nam Hka flowing across it, as well as the areas further to the south between the Mekong and the Salween down to Chiang Mai, had been their ancestral territory since time immemorial.

Chronology

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1. Events

January 220: Towards the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, Liu Bei, a warlord and distant relative of the Han imperial clan, rallied the support of many capable followers. Liu Bei conquered parts of Jing Province (covering present-day Hubei and Hunan) in 208, took over Yi Province (covering present-day Sichuan and Chongqing) from the warlord Liu Zhang between 212 and 214 and wrestled control of Hanzhong from his rival Cao Cao in 219. Afterwards, Liu Bei proclaimed himself King of Hanzhong.

January 1212: The Pagan Kingdom expanded to the Salween river in the east.

January 1401: The Mong Lem state was established before the 14th century.