- Preceded by Western Jin reunification of China and War of the Eight Princes
- Western Jin collapsed and then formed the Eastern Jin
- Power vacuum led to civil wars, rebellions and famine
- States formed by non-Han people in northern China
- Five Barbarians: Xiongnu, Jie, Di, Qiang, Xianbei
- Former Qin (376 - 838 AD) defeated by Eastern Jin
- Northern Wei reunited the north ending the Sixteen Kingdoms period
- Followed by Northern and Southern dynasties era
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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Collection of facts about the Sixteen Kingdoms period
This post is a collection of facts about the Sixteen Kingdoms period (304 - 439 AD). There are 8 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia
Collection of facts about the Spring and Autumn period
This post is a collection of facts about the Spring and Autumn period (c. 770 - 481 BC). There are 5 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia
- During the Eastern Zhou dynasty
- Increased political autonomy for local lords
- Spring and Autumn Annals is about the state of Lu
- Ended with the partition of Jin
- Followed by the Warring States period
Collection of facts about the Reconquista
This post is a collection of facts about the Reconquista (c. 718 - 1492). There are 8 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia
- Christian states vs. al-Andalus
- Iberian Peninsula previously ruled by Visigothic Kingdom
- Muslim Conquest of 711 established al-Andalus on the Iberian Peninsula
- Kingdom of Asturias fought Umayyad Caliphate (8th century AD)
- Caliphate of Córdoba collapsed in the 11th century into taifa states
- Almoravids tried to unite the taifas
- Portugal, León, Castile and Aragon fought Almohad Caliphate (12th - 13th century)
- Granada captured in 1492 ending the Reconquista
Monday, March 16, 2026
Collection of facts about the An Lushan Rebellion
This post is a collection of facts about the An Lushan rebellion (755 - 763 AD). There 10 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia
- Civil war in China during Tang dynasty
- Yan dynasty attempted to replace Tang dynasty
- Rebels captured capital Chang'an and emperor fled to Sichuan
- Rebellion led by An Lushan
- An Lushan killed by his son, An Qingxu in 757 AD
- An Qingxu killed by Shi Siming in 759 AD
- Shi Siming killed by his son, Shi Chaoyi in 761 AD
- Yan dynasty defeated by Tang dynasty in 763 AD
- Led to decline of Tang dynasty
- Census population fell from 52 million to 16 million
Sunday, March 15, 2026
Collection of facts about the Civil rights movement
This post is a collection of facts about the Civil rights movement (1654-1968). There are 19 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia
- Attempted to end racial segregation and discrimination in the U.S.
- African Americans were most affected
- American Civil War (1861-1865) led to abolishment of slavery
- Reconstruction Amendments implemented
- Jim Crow laws discriminated against African Americans
- Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) upheld Jim Crow laws
- Brown v. Board of Education (1954) invalidated segregated-schooling laws
- Martin Luther King Jr. led protests and civil disobedience campaigns
- Montgomery bus boycott (1955-1956)
- Browder v. Gayle (1956) ruled bus segregation unconstitutional
- Children's Crusade march in 1963
- March on Washington in 1963
- Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Selma to Montgomery march in 1965
- Voting Rights Act of 1965
- Loving v. Virginia (1967) ruled interracial marriages legal
- Fair Housing Act of 1968
- Black power movement emerged in the 1960's
- Martin Luther King assassinated in 1968
Collection of states involved in the revolutions of 1848
This post is a collection of states involved int he revolutions of 1848. There are 19 states listed below. Source: Wikipedia
- Austrian Empire
- Grand Duchy of Baden
- Lands of the Bohemian Crown
- Kingdom of France
- German Confederation
- Galicia (region)
- Duchy of Holstein
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Ireland (region)
- Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia
- Duchy of Modena and Reggio
- Moldavia
- Grand Duchy of Posen
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Duchy of Schleswig
- Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
- Cantons of Switzerland
- Wallachia
Saturday, March 14, 2026
Collection of facts about the unification of Italy
This post is a collection of facts about the unification of Italy (1848-1870). There are 11 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia
- Kingdom of Sardinia annexed Italian states and established the Kingdom of Italy
- Led by Camillo Benso and Giuseppe Garibaldi
- Began during the Revolutions of 1848
- First Italian War of Independence (1848-1849)
- Second Italian War of Independence (1859)
- Expedition of the Thousand (1860)
- Victor Emmanuel became King of Italy (1861)
- Third Italian War of Independence (1866)
- Venetian plebiscite of 1866
- Capture of Rome (1870)
- Final states joined Italy in Treaty of Rapallo (1920)
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