Yong
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Was one of many small polities that emerged during the Chinese Spring and Autumn Period.
Establishment
January 770 BC: The polity is assumed to existed since the start of the Spring and Autumn period in 770 BC.
Chronology
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Was an insurrection in the Qin Empire that lead to its demise.
January 205 BC: After the fall of the Qin Dynasty, military leader Xiang Yu divided China into Eighteen Kingdoms. Among these, Yong was established in central Shaanxi and eastern Gansu.
Was a war between the two most powerful successors of the Qin Dynasty, Western Chu and Han, won by the latter which was able to reunite China.
January 204 BC: Liu Bang was the founder and first emperor of the Han Dynasty in China. The Chu-Han Contention was a power struggle between Liu Bang and Xiang Yu of the Chu state following the collapse of the Qin Dynasty. Liu Bang emerged victorious and established the Han Dynasty in -205 in Yong.
January 610 BC: Chu, one of many small polities that existed during the Chinese Spring and Autumn Period, conquered Yong in 609 BC.
Disestablishment
January 204 BC: Liu Bang was the founder and first emperor of the Han Dynasty in China. The Chu-Han Contention was a power struggle between Liu Bang and Xiang Yu of the Chu state following the collapse of the Qin Dynasty. Liu Bang emerged victorious and established the Han Dynasty in -205 in Yong.
Selected Sources
Cho-yun, H. (1999): The Spring and Autumn period In Cambridge History of Ancient China, Cambridge University Press, pp. 545-586
States of Zhou Dynasty, Wikipedia, 10 july 2017, https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:States_of_Zhou_Dynasty.png
