Three Kingdoms period

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era in Chinese history historical period

The Three Kingdoms period was a turbulent era in Chinese history (220–280 CE) marked by the division of China into the rival states of Wei, Shu, and Wu, extensive warfare, and legendary figures later romanticized in classic literature.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sanguo period	1
Three Kingdoms	1
Three Kingdoms era	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	era in Chinese history ⓘ historical period ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Three Kingdoms period ⓘ surface form: Sanguo period Three Kingdoms period ⓘ surface form: Three Kingdoms era
capitalOfCaoWei	Luoyang ⓘ Xuchang ⓘ
capitalOfEasternWu	Jianye ⓘ
capitalOfShuHan	Chéngdū ⓘ surface form: Chengdu
characterizedBy	civil war ⓘ large-scale military campaigns ⓘ political fragmentation ⓘ warlordism ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
culturalInfluenceOn	Chinese opera ⓘ East Asian literature ⓘ East Asian popular culture ⓘ
documentedIn	Records of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ Zizhi Tongjian ⓘ
endedByEvent	conquest of Eastern Wu by Jin ⓘ conquest of Shu by Wei ⓘ usurpation of Wei by the Jin dynasty ⓘ
endTime	280 ⓘ
followedBy	Western Jin dynasty ⓘ
follows	Han dynasty ⓘ surface form: Eastern Han dynasty
hasPart	Cao Wei ⓘ Eastern Wu ⓘ Shu Han ⓘ
languageOfHistoricalRecord	Classical Chinese ⓘ
notableFigure	Deng Ai ⓘ Guan Yu ⓘ Jiang Wei ⓘ Lu Xun ⓘ Sima Yi ⓘ Zhang Fei ⓘ Zhou Yu ⓘ Zhuge Liang ⓘ
notableRuler	Cao Pi ⓘ Cao Rui ⓘ Liu Bei ⓘ Liu Shan ⓘ Sun Hao ⓘ Sun Liang ⓘ Sun Quan ⓘ Sun Xiu ⓘ
partOf	Chinese imperial history ⓘ
precededByEvent	Yellow Turban Rebellion ⓘ collapse of the Eastern Han central authority ⓘ
romanticizedIn	Romance of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
startTime	220 ⓘ
timeInChineseEraSystem	end of the Han–Jin transition ⓘ

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

Three Kingdoms period → alsoKnownAs → Three Kingdoms period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Three Kingdoms era

Three Kingdoms period → alsoKnownAs → Three Kingdoms period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sanguo period

Han dynasty → followedBy → Three Kingdoms period ⓘ

Jingzhou → historicalPeriodSignificance → Three Kingdoms period ⓘ

Committee of Both Kingdoms → historicalRegion → Three Kingdoms period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Three Kingdoms

Yellow Crane Tower → originalConstructionDynasty → Three Kingdoms period ⓘ