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Warring States period


00:01:14 1 Geography
00:03:16 2 Periodisation
00:04:46 3 Background and formation
00:06:40 3.1 Partition of Jin (453–403 BC)
00:07:51 4 Early Warring States
00:08:00 4.1 The three Jins recognized (403–364 BC)
00:10:22 4.2 Qi resurgence under Tian (379–340 BC)
00:11:30 4.3 Wars of Wei
00:13:08 5 Dukes become kings
00:13:18 5.1 Qi and Wei become kings (344 BC)
00:14:18 5.2 Shang Yang reforms Qin (356–338 BC)
00:16:27 5.3 Wei defeated by Qin (341–340 BC)
00:17:38 5.4 Chu conquers Yue (334 BC)
00:18:28 5.5 Qin, Han and Yan become kings (325–323 BC)
00:19:50 5.6 Partition of Zhou (314 BC)
00:20:22 6 Horizontal and vertical alliances (334–249 BC)
00:21:53 6.1 Su Qin and the first vertical alliance (334–300 BC)
00:23:21 6.2 The first horizontal alliance (300–287 BC)
00:25:16 6.3 Su Dai and the second vertical alliance
00:25:52 6.4 The second horizontal alliance
00:26:56 6.5 Qin vs Zhao (278–260 BC)
00:30:14 6.6 End of Zhou dynasty (256–249 BC)
00:31:28 7 Qin unites China (247–221 BC)
00:32:00 7.1 Conquest of Han
00:32:42 7.2 Conquest of Wei
00:33:24 7.3 Conquest of Chu
00:35:03 7.4 Conquest of Zhao and Yan
00:35:37 7.5 Conquest of Qi
00:36:51 8 Military theory and practice
00:37:01 8.1 Increasing scale of warfare
00:39:04 8.2 Military developments
00:41:15 8.3 Military thought
00:41:54 9 Culture and society
00:45:30 9.1 Nobles, bureaucrats and reformers
00:46:22 9.2 Sophisticated arithmetic
00:46:58 10 Literature
00:47:32 11 Economic developments
00:48:41 12 See also



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The Warring States period (Chinese: 戰國時代; pinyin: Zhànguó Shídài) was an era in ancient Chinese history characterized by warfare, as well as bureaucratic and military reforms and consolidation. It followed the Spring and Autumn period and concluded with the Qin wars of conquest that saw the annexation of all other contender states, which ultimately led to the Qin state's victory in 221 BC as the first unified Chinese empire, known as the Qin dynasty. Although different scholars point toward different dates ranging from 481 BC to 403 BC as the true beginning of the Warring States, Sima Qian's choice of 475 BC is the most often cited. The Warring States era also overlaps with the second half of the Eastern Zhou dynasty, though the Chinese sovereign, known as the king of Zhou, ruled merely as a figurehead and served as a backdrop against the machinations of the warring states.
The "Warring States Period" derives its name from the Record of the Warring States, a work compiled early in the Han dynasty.
Much later, Japanese historians—well versed in Chinese culture—used the term Warring States period for the Sengoku period of their own history.