Collection of facts about Old Chosŏn

This post is a collection of facts about Old Chosŏn (2333 - 108 BC). There are 7 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Based in Korea
• Also known as Gojoseon
• Founded by legendary king Tan'gun
• Capital: Wanggeom-seong (Pyongyang)
• Jizi established Kija Chossŏn (12th century BC)
• Wi Man established Wiman Joseon (194 BC)
• Conquered by Han dynasty in 108 BC

Collection of facts about the War of the Eight Princes

This post is a collection of facts about the War of the Eight Princes (291 - 306 AD). There are 17 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Relatives of Emperor Hui of Jin fought for succession
• Eight Princes: Sima Liang, Sima Wei, Sima Lun, Sima Jiong, Sima Ai, Sima Ying, Sima Yong, Sima Yue
• Conflict between Empress Dowager Yang and Empress Jia Nanfeng (290 - 291 AD)
• Sima Liang and Wei Guan became regents of Emperor Hui (291 AD)
• Sima Liang and Wei Guan executed by Sima Wei (291 AD)
• Sima Wei executed by Empress Jia Nanfeng (291 AD)
• Empress Jian Nanfeng executed by Sima Lun (300 AD)
• Sima Jiong, Sima Ying and Sima Yong campaign against Sima Lun (300 - 301 AD)
• Sima Lun executed (301 AD)
• Sima Jiong captured and and killed by Sima Yong and Sima Ai (303 AD)
• Sima Ai gained control shared authority to Sima Ying (c. 303 - 304 AD)
• Sima Ai executed by Sima Yue (304 AD)
• Sima Yue began campaign against Sima Yong (305 AD)
• Sima Ying and Sima Yong executed (c. 306 AD)
• Emperor Hui poisoned and died (307 AD)
• Sima Yue gained control after the war
• Followed by the Sixteen Kingdoms era

Collection of facts about the Rebellion of the Seven States

This post is a collection of facts about the Rebellion of the Seven States (154 BC). There are 7 facts listed below.

• Han dynasty vs. Wu, Chu, Zhao, Jiaoxi, Jiaodong, Zichuan, Jinan
• Attempted to resist Emperor Jing's centralization of government
• Previous reign of Emperor Wen had increased state autonomy (laws, minting coins, tax collection)
• Emperor Jing ordered establishment of multiple commanderies removing territory from states
• Wu and Chu states failed to capture Liang
• Four rebel principalities failed to capture Qi
• Result: principality system maintained but imperial powers increased

Collection of facts about the Xinjiang conflict

This post is a collection of facts about the Xinjiang conflict (1933 - now). There are 12 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Xinjiang region (East Turkestan) in northwest China
• Uyghur ethnic population
• Xinjiang Wars in the 1930s
• First East Turkestan Republic (1933-1934)
• Ili Rebellion (1944-1946)
• Second East Turkestan Republic (1944-1946)
• Sinkiang Turkic People's Liberation Committee (STPNLC) created with Soviet Union support in 1943
• Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region established in 1955
• Many Uyghurs and Kazakhs fled China to the USSR (1950s - 1960s)
• Hostilities included Barin uprising (1990), Ghulja incident (1997), Ürümqui bus bombings (1997), Shaoguan incident (2009), Ürümqui riots (2009), Hotan attack (2011), Kunming attack (March 2014), Ürümqui attack (April 2014), Ürümqui attack (May 2014), Aksu collier attack (2015)
• China launched Strike Hard Campaign Against Violent Terrorism (2014)
• Chinese government has established internment camps and allegedly incarcerated over one million Uyghurs and Muslims in the region

Collection of facts about the Yellow Turban Rebellion

This post is a collection of facts about the Yellow Turban Rebellion (184 - 205 AD). There are 9 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Han dynasty vs. Yellow Turban Army
• Peasant revolt wearing yellow scarves
• Yellow Turban Army lead by Zhang Jue
• Rebels associated with Taoism (Way of Supreme Peace sect)
• Began with approximately 360,000 followers
• Main rebellion suppressed by February 185 AD
• White Wave Bandits in Xihe Commandery (188 AD)
• Emerging rebellions (located in Yi, Xu, Qing, Yan, Runan, Yingchuan, Yang, Jiao) not subdued until 205 AD
• Followed by the Three Kingdoms period

Collection of facts about the Han-Xiongnu wars

This post is a collection of facts about the Han-Xiongnu wars (133 BC - 89 AD). There are 11 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Han dynasty vs. nomadic Xiongnu confederacy
• Preceded by formation of Xiongnu confederacy under Modu Chanyu
• Emperor Wu sought to remove the Xiongnu threat from the north
• Han dynasty defeated at Battle of Mayi (133 BC)
• Pushed Xiongnu north of the Gobi Desert at the Battle of Mobei (119 BC)
• Xiongnu confederacy began to fracture with internal power struggles
• Wang Mang of Xin dynasty mobilized troops and forced conscripts from vassal states to fight against Xiongnu
• Eastern Han dynasty established in 25 AD
• Xiongnu split into Northern Xiongnu and Southern Xiongnu (48 AD)
• Southern Xiongnu became a vassal of the Eastern Han dynasty
• Northern Xiongnu defeated in Battle of the Altai Mountains (89 AD)

Collection of facts about the Maratha Empire

This post is a collection of facts about the Maratha Empire (1674-1818). There are 11 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Based in western Deccan Plateau (present-day Maharashtra, India)
• Founded by Shivaji
• Formed during revolt against Bijapur Sultanate and Mughal Empire
• Deccan Wars (1680-1707)
• Expanded under Bajirao I (18th century)
• Defeated by Durrani Empire at the Third Battle Panipat in 1761
• Maratha-Mysore wars (1768-1787)
• First Anglo-Maratha War (1775-1782)
• Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803-1805)
• Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817-1818)
• Lost independence to British East India Company in 1818