Seven Warring States
The Seven Warring States or Seven Kingdoms (simplified Chinese: 战国七雄; traditional Chinese: 戰國七雄) refers to the seven warring states during the Warring States Period of Zhou Dynasty China. The Seven Warring States were formed as the Zhou Dynasty grew weaker and major states annexed numerous minor states of the earlier Spring and Autumn Period. They are listed almost always in the following order:
Han, Zhao, and Wei are collectively known as the Three Jins because they were formed from the partition of the Spring and Autumn Period power of Jin. After Wei moved its capital to Daliang it was also known as Liang.
In addition to the seven major states, several smaller states existed, as well as the remnant of the Zhou Dynasty. Under most occasions these states had to ally with the stronger ones.
Eventually the state of Qin became strong enough to conquer the other six states. Han was the first to fall in 230 BC and Qi the last in 221 BC. Having unified China, the King of Qin assumed the title of First Emperor and established the first imperial dynasty in Chinese history.
The Seven Kingdoms series of computer games were named after these states.
[edit] See also
- Warring States Period
- Five Hegemons (Spring and Autumn Period)
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