Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC - 200s BC - 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC Years: 214 BC 213 BC 212 BC 211 BC 210 BC - 209 BC - 208 BC 207 BC 206 BC 205 BC 204 BC Events Second Punic War: In a surprise assault, the Romans under Scipio Africanus Major captured Carthago Nova, the most important city in Carthaginian Spain. Fabius Maximus captures Tarentum through treachery.

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Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC - 210s BC - 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC Years: 215 BC 214 BC 213 BC 212 BC 211 BC - 210 BC - 209 BC 208 BC 207 BC 206 BC 205 BC Events Second Punic War: Hannibal destroys a Roman army under the command of Fulvius Centumalus in the Second Battle of Herdoinia, Centumalus was killed. Hannibal defeats Marcus Claudius Marcellus once more in the Batt ...

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Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC - 200s BC - 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC Years: 210 BC 209 BC 208 BC 207 BC 206 BC - 205 BC - 204 BC 203 BC 202 BC 201 BC 200 BC Events Second Punic War: Carthaginians under Mago land in Liguria, capturing Genoa and Savona. Scipio Africanus Major is elected consul, and departs to Sicily to prepare the invasion of Africa Quintus Pleminiu ...

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Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC - 200s BC - 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC Years: 211 BC 210 BC 209 BC 208 BC 207 BC - 206 BC - 205 BC 204 BC 203 BC 202 BC 201 BC Events Second Punic War: Scipio Africanus Major destroyed the combined Carthaginian army of Mago Barca and Hasdrubal Gisco in the Battle of Ilipa, thus ending Carthaginian hold in Spain. Mago evacuates the remaining Ca ...

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Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC - 200s BC - 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC Years: 209 BC 208 BC 207 BC 206 BC 205 BC - 204 BC - 203 BC 202 BC 201 BC 200 BC 199 BC Events Second Punic War: Cato the Elder goes to Sicily to serve as the quaestor of Scipio Africanus Major, and publicly objects to Scipio's lavish spending. Scipio Africanus Major lands in Africa to fight the Carthagin ...

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Wu Guang (Traditional Chinese: 吳廣) (d. 209 BC or 208 BC (around the new year)) was a leader of the first rebellion against Qin Dynasty during the reign of Qin Er Shi, following the death of Qin Shi Huang. Less is known about him than Chen Sheng. Wu Guang was born in Yangxia (陽夏, in modern Zhoukou, Henan). In 209 BC, he was a military captain along with Chen Sheng when the two of them were ordered to lead 900 soldiers to Yuyang (漁陽, in modern Beijing) to help defend the northern border against Xiongnu. Due to storms, ...

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Chen Sheng (Traditional Chinese: 陳勝) (d. 209 BC or 208 BC (around the new year)) was the leader of the first rebellion against Qin Dynasty during the reign of Qin Er Shi, following the death of Qin Shi Huang. Chen Sheng - Start of the rebellion. Chen Sheng was born in Yangcheng (陽城, in modern Dengfeng, Henan). In 209 BC, he was a military captain along with Wu Guang when the two of them were ordered to lead 900 soldiers to Yuyang (漁陽, in modern Beijing) to help defend the northern border ...

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Chen Sheng - Start of the rebellion Chen Sheng - Downfall and death

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Significant uses of terra cotta have included the Terracotta Army of China, built in 210–209 BC. American architect Louis Sullivan is well-known for his elaborate glazed terra cotta ornamentation, designs that would have been impossible to execute in any other medium. ...

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Terra cotta, Terra cotta - History, Terra cotta - Users

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Chen Sheng was born in Yangcheng (陽城, in modern Dengfeng, Henan). In 209 BC, he was a military captain along with Wu Guang when the two of them were ordered to lead 900 soldiers to Yuyang (漁陽, in modern Beijing) to help defend the northern border against Xiongnu. Due to storms, it became clear that they could not get to Yuyang by the deadline, and according to law, if soldiers could not get to their posts on time, they would be executed. Chen and Wu, believing that they were doomed, led their soldiers to start a rebellion. They (fals ...

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Chen Sheng, Chen Sheng - Start of the rebellion, Chen Sheng - Downfall and death

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Genoa - Ancient history. Genoa's history goes back to ancient times. A city cemetery, dating from the 6th and 5th centuries B.C., testifies to the occupation of the site by the Greeks, but the fine harbor probably was in use much earlier, perhaps by the Etruscans. Destroyed by the Carthaginians in 209 BC, the town was rebuilt by Rome, under which the city enjoyed municipal rights and exported skins, wood, and honey. Although remaining faithful to Rome while other Ligurian and Celtic peoples of northern Italy stoo ...

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Genoa, Genoa - History, Genoa - Ancient history, Genoa - Middle Ages & Renaissance, Genoa - Later history, Genoa - Demographics, Genoa - Miscellaneous

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Zhang continued to have plans to restablish Hán. After Chen Sheng started a rebellion against Qin Dynasty in 209 BC, Zhang gathered about a hundred men and planned to join Chen's temporary successor as Prince of Chu, Jing Ju (景駒), when he met Liu Bang at Liu (留, in modern Xuzhou, Jiangsu). He was impressed by Liu Bang, and chose to join him. When Zhang discussed military strategies with LIu, Liu often understood and accepted his sugge ...

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Zhang Liang, Zhang Liang - The assassination attempt against Qin Shi Huang, Zhang Liang - Meeting Liu Bang and divided loyalties between serving him and restablishing Hán, Zhang Liang - Death of Hán Cheng and Zhang's subsequent permanent allegiance to Liu, Zhang Liang - Contributions to Liu Bang during Chu Han Contention, Zhang Liang - Contributions after the establishment of Han Dynasty, Zhang Liang - Impact on Chinese history

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In 209 BC Chen Sheng led an uprising against Qin Dynasty and assumed the title "King of Great Chu." Pei was in old Chu territory. At the time that Liu released the prisoners he was to escort to Mount Li and then became a fugitive himself, Xiao He was serving as a secretary to the county magistrate of Pei County. When Chen Sheng started his rebellion, the county magistrate considered joining the rebellion, and at the advice of Xiao and Cao Can (曹參) (who was then a county police official), he sent Liu's brother-in-law Fan Ceng (樊噌) to ...

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Gaozu of Han, Gaozu of Han - Early Life, Gaozu of Han - Insurrection against Qin, Gaozu of Han - Chu-Han Contention, Gaozu of Han - Reign as the Emperor, Gaozu of Han - Succession, Gaozu of Han - Personality, Gaozu of Han - Personal information

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In 209 BC, just three years before the founding of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu were brought together in a powerful confederacy under a new chanyu named Maodun (冒頓; Cantonese IPA: /mɐk6 tuk6/). The Xiongnu's political unity transformed them into a much more formidable foe by enabling them to concentrate larger forces and exercise better strategic coordination. The cause of the confederation, however, remains unclear. It has been suggested that the unification of China prompted the nomads to rally around a political centre in orde ...

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Xiongnu, Xiongnu - Origins and early history of the Xiongnu, Xiongnu - Confederation under Maodun, Xiongnu - Nature of the Xiongnu state, Xiongnu - The marriage treaty system, Xiongnu - War with Han China, Xiongnu - Leadership struggle among the Xiongnu, Xiongnu - Tributary relations with the Han, Xiongnu - Northern and southern Xiongnu, Xiongnu - The Xiongnu after the Han Dynasty, Xiongnu - Did the Xiongnu become the Huns?, Xiongnu - Footnotes

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In 209 BC Chen Sheng led an uprising against Qin Dynasty and assumed the title "King of Great Chu." Pei was in old Chu territory. At the time that Liu released the prisoners he was to escort to Mount Li and then became a fugitive himself, Xiao He was serving as a secretary to the county magistrate of Pei County. When Chen Sheng started his rebellion, the county magistrate considered joining the rebellion, and at the advice of Xiao and Cao Can (曹參) (who was then a county police official), he sent Liu's brother-in-law Fan Ceng (樊噌) to ...

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Emperor Gaozu of Han, Emperor Gaozu of Han - Early Life, Emperor Gaozu of Han - Insurrection against Qin, Emperor Gaozu of Han - Chu-Han Contention, Emperor Gaozu of Han - Reign as the Emperor, Emperor Gaozu of Han - Succession, Emperor Gaozu of Han - Personality, Emperor Gaozu of Han - Personal information

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Chinese art - Qin sculpture. The Terracotta Army, inside the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, consists of more than 7,000 life-size tomb terra-cotta figures of warriors and horses buried with the self-proclaimed first Emperor of Qin (Qin Shi Huang) in 210–209 BC. The figures were painted before being placed into the vault. The original colors were visible when the pieces were first unearthed. However, exposure to air caused the pigments ...

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Chinese art, Chinese art - Historical development to 221 BC, Chinese art - Neolithic pottery, Chinese art - Jade culture, Chinese art - Bronze casting, Chinese art - Early Chinese music, Chinese art - Early Chinese poetry, Chinese art - Chu and Southern culture, Chinese art - Early imperial China 221 BC–AD 220, Chinese art - Qin sculpture, Chinese art - Pottery, Chinese art - Han poetry, Chinese art - Han architecture, Chinese art - Other Han art, Chinese art - Period of division 220–581, Chinese art - Influence of Buddhism, Chinese art - Secular culture, Chinese art - Poetry, Chinese art - Calligraphy, Chinese art - Painting, Chinese art - The Sui and Tang dynasties 581–960, Chinese art - Buddhist architecture and sculpture, Chinese art - Golden age of Chinese poetry, Chinese art - Li Po and Du Fu, Chinese art - Late Tang poetry, Chinese art - Painting, Chinese art - The Song and Yuan dynasties 960–1368, Chinese art - Song poetry, Chinese art - Song painting, Chinese art - Yuan drama, Chinese art - Yuan painting, Chinese art - Late imperial China 1368–1895, Chinese art - Ming Poetry, Chinese art - Ming prose, Chinese art - Ming painting, Chinese art - Qing drama, Chinese art - Qing poetry, Chinese art - Early Qing painting, Chinese art - Decorative arts, Chinese art - Qing fiction, Chinese art - Modern Chinese art, Chinese art - Painting, Chinese art - Poetry, Chinese art - Influence of the West, Chinese art - People's arts, Chinese art - Contemporary art since 1979, Chinese art - Performing arts, Chinese art - Visual arts, Chinese art - Unsorted, Chinese art - Performing arts, Chinese art - Visual arts

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The Xiongnu (Chinese: 匈奴; Hanyu Pinyin: Xiōngnú; Wade-Giles: Hsiung-nu) were a nomadic (and probably Hunnic/proto-Bulgar) people of Central Asia, generally based in present day Mongolia. From the 3rd century BC they controlled a vast steppe empire extending west as far as the Caucasus. They were active in the areas of southern Siberia, western Manchuria and the modern Chinese provinces of Inner Mongolia, Gansu and Xinjiang. Very anci ...

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Xiongnu - Origins and early history of the Xiongnu Xiongnu - Confederation under Maodun
Xiongnu - Nature of the Xiongnu state
Xiongnu - The marriage treaty system Xiongnu - War with Han China Xiongnu - Leadership struggle among the Xiongnu Xiongnu - Tributary relations with the Han Xiongnu - Northern and southern Xiongnu Xiongnu - The Xiongnu after the Han Dynasty Xiongnu - Did the Xiongnu become the Huns? Xiongnu - Footnotes

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Life in the People's Republic of China Chinese art is art, whether modern or ancient, that originated in or is practiced in China or by Chinese artists or performers. Early so-called "stone age art" dates back to 10,000 BC, mostly consisting of simple pottery and sculptures. This early period was followed by a series of art dynasties, most of which lasted several hundred years. The art of Taiwan and that of Chinese Emigrants can also be considered part of Chinese art where it is based in or draws on the heritage of Chines ...

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Chinese art - Historical development to 221 BC
Chinese art - Neolithic pottery Chinese art - Jade culture Chinese art - Bronze casting Chinese art - Early Chinese music Chinese art - Early Chinese poetry Chinese art - Chu and Southern culture
Chinese art - Early imperial China 221 BC–AD 220
Chinese art - Qin sculpture Chinese art - Pottery Chinese art - Han poetry Chinese art - Han architecture Chinese art - Other Han art
Chinese art - Period of division 220–581
Chinese art - Influence of Buddhism Chinese art - Secular culture Chinese art - Poetry Chinese art - Calligraphy Chinese art - Painting
Chinese art - The Sui and Tang dynasties 581–960
Chinese art - Buddhist architecture and sculpture Chinese art - Golden age of Chinese poetry Chinese art - Li Po and Du Fu Chinese art - Late Tang poetry Chinese art - Painting
Chinese art - The Song and Yuan dynasties 960–1368
Chinese art - Song poetry Chinese art - Song painting Chinese art - Yuan drama Chinese art - Yuan painting
Chinese art - Late imperial China 1368–1895
Chinese art - Ming Poetry Chinese art - Ming prose Chinese art - Ming painting Chinese art - Qing drama Chinese art - Qing poetry Chinese art - Early Qing painting Chinese art - Decorative arts Chinese art - Qing fiction
Chinese art - Modern Chinese art
Chinese art - Painting Chinese art - Poetry Chinese art - Influence of the West Chinese art - People's arts
Chinese art - Contemporary art since 1979
Chinese art - Performing arts Chinese art - Visual arts
Chinese art - Unsorted
Chinese art - Performing arts Chinese art - Visual arts

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Xiang Yu (Traditional:項羽; Simplified: 项羽; Wade-Giles: Hsiang Yü; pinyin: Xiàng Yǚ; 232 BC - 202 BC) was a prominent general during the fall of the Qin Dynasty. His name was Ji (籍), Yu was his courtesy name. He was a descendant of Chu nobility. A great general, it took him only several years to put a giant empire effectively at his whim -- but no diplomat or statesman, his impetuous nature and inability to realize his shortcomings doomed him to failure. He is commonly known by his self-styled title of Xichu Bawang ( ...

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Xiang Yu - Early career Xiang Yu - The Battle of Julu and Xiang's rise to military supremacy Xiang Yu - Entry into Qin proper and Xiang's jealousy of Liu Bang Xiang Yu - Xiang's deposition of Prince Xin of Chu and division of the empire Xiang Yu - Xiang's downfall Xiang Yu - Impact on Chinese history

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Antiochus III the Great, (c. 241–187 BC, ruled 223–187 BC), younger son of Seleucus II Callinicus, became ruler of the Seleucid Empire as a youth of about eighteen in 223 BC. His traditional designation, the Great, stems from a misunderstanding of Megas Basileus (Great king), the traditional title of the Persian kings, which he adopted. Antiochus III the Great - Early years. Antiochus III inherited a disorganized state. Not only had Asia Minor become detached, but the further easte ...

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Antiochus III the Great - Early years Antiochus III the Great - Wars against Diadoches Antiochus III the Great - War against Rome

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