Qin conquest of rival states

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military campaign war of unification

The Qin conquest of rival states was the late 3rd-century BCE military campaign through which the Qin state defeated and annexed the other major Chinese states, leading to the first unification of China under the Qin dynasty.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Qin conquest of Qi	1
Qin conquest of Wei	1
Qin conquest of Yan	1
Qin conquest of Zhao	1
Qin conquest of rival states canonical	1
Qin conquest of southern China	1
Qin conquest of the six states	1
Qin military expansion	1
Qin unification of China	1
Qin unification wars	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military campaign ⓘ war of unification ⓘ
describedIn	Records of the Grand Historian ⓘ Zhan Guo Ce ⓘ
followedBy	Qin centralization reforms ⓘ Qin dynasty ⓘ Qin–Xiongnu conflicts ⓘ surface form: Qin wars against Xiongnu
hasCause	Legalist reforms strengthening Qin ⓘ Qin desire to unify Tianxia ⓘ
hasChronologicalPlacement	late 3rd century BCE ⓘ
hasCommander	Qin Shi Huang ⓘ surface form: King Zheng of Qin Li Xin ⓘ Meng Tian ⓘ Meng Wu ⓘ Wang Ben ⓘ Wang Jian ⓘ
hasEffect	construction projects such as early Great Wall links ⓘ creation of centralized imperial bureaucracy ⓘ end of Warring States period ⓘ end of Zhou royal house ⓘ standardization of weights and measures in China ⓘ standardization of writing in China ⓘ
hasEndTime	221 BCE ⓘ
hasLanguage	Classical Chinese ⓘ
hasLocation	Ancient China ⓘ North China Plain ⓘ Yangtze River basin ⓘ Yellow River basin ⓘ
hasMainParticipant	state of Qin ⓘ surface form: Qin state State of Chu ⓘ State of Han ⓘ State of Qi ⓘ state of Wei ⓘ surface form: State of Wei state of Yan ⓘ surface form: State of Yan state of Zhao ⓘ surface form: State of Zhao
hasOutcome	annexation of six rival states ⓘ establishment of Qin dynasty ⓘ unification of China under Qin ⓘ
hasSignificantEvent	Battle of Changping ⓘ Qin campaign against Chu ⓘ surface form: Qin conquest of Chu Qin conquest of Han ⓘ Qin conquest of rival states self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Qin conquest of Qi Qin conquest of rival states self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Qin conquest of Wei Qin conquest of rival states self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Qin conquest of Yan Qin conquest of rival states self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Qin conquest of Zhao
hasStartTime	230 BCE ⓘ
partOf	Warring States period ⓘ
precededBy	Warring States conflicts ⓘ
uses	crossbows ⓘ fortifications and siege warfare ⓘ iron weapons ⓘ large conscript armies ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Warring States period → endCause → Qin conquest of rival states ⓘ

Battle of Changping → relatedEvent → Qin conquest of rival states ⓘ

this entity surface form: Qin unification wars

Qin conquest of rival states → hasSignificantEvent → Qin conquest of rival states self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Qin conquest of Zhao

Qin conquest of rival states → hasSignificantEvent → Qin conquest of rival states self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Qin conquest of Wei

Qin conquest of rival states → hasSignificantEvent → Qin conquest of rival states self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Qin conquest of Yan

Qin conquest of rival states → hasSignificantEvent → Qin conquest of rival states self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Qin conquest of Qi

state of Wei → endEvent → Qin conquest of rival states ⓘ

subject surface form: State of Wei

this entity surface form: Qin unification of China

Meng Tian → associatedWith → Qin conquest of rival states ⓘ

this entity surface form: Qin military expansion

Qin–Xiongnu conflicts → relatedTo → Qin conquest of rival states ⓘ

this entity surface form: Qin conquest of the six states

Minyue (ancient people) → event → Qin conquest of rival states ⓘ

subject surface form: Minyue

this entity surface form: Qin conquest of southern China