Warring States conflicts

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Warring States conflicts were a series of protracted, large-scale wars among rival Chinese states during the Eastern Zhou period that ultimately paved the way for Qin’s unification of China.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event series ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
endTime 221 BCE ⓘ
hasCause competition for territory and resources ⓘ
decline of Zhou royal authority ⓘ
struggle for hegemony among regional states ⓘ
hasEffect codification of laws in Chinese states ⓘ
consolidation of smaller polities into a few major states ⓘ
construction of defensive walls between states ⓘ
creation of extensive road networks for military mobilization ⓘ
decline of feudal aristocracy in China ⓘ
development of centralized bureaucratic states ⓘ
development of large-scale siege warfare in China ⓘ
diplomatic alliances and balance-of-power politics among states ⓘ
emergence of the School of Diplomacy (Zonghengjia) ⓘ
end of the Zhou dynasty ⓘ
expansion of infantry-based mass armies ⓘ
formation of the Qin dynasty ⓘ
growth of merit-based military promotion systems ⓘ
increased social mobility for commoners ⓘ
increased use of crossbows in Chinese warfare ⓘ
intensification of agricultural production ⓘ
intensified tax and corvée burdens on peasantry ⓘ
large-scale fortification building ⓘ
large-scale population displacement ⓘ
military innovations in China ⓘ
professionalization of military officers ⓘ
rise of Legalist political thought ⓘ
shift from chariot warfare to infantry and cavalry ⓘ
spread of philosophical schools such as Confucianism, Mohism, and Daoism ⓘ
standardization trends in administration and measurement ⓘ
unification of China under Qin ⓘ
urban growth in regional capitals ⓘ
widespread use of iron weapons in China ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod Ancient Chinese history ⓘ
hasLocation Ancient China ⓘ
North China Plain ⓘ
Yangtze River basin ⓘ
Yellow River basin ⓘ
hasMainParticipant State of Chu ⓘ
State of Han ⓘ
State of Qi ⓘ
State of Qin ⓘ
State of Wei ⓘ
linked to: state of Wei

State of Yan ⓘ
linked to: state of Yan

State of Zhao ⓘ
linked to: state of Zhao

smaller vassal states of Zhou ⓘ
partOf Eastern Zhou period ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Zhou

Warring States period ⓘ
startTime 5th century BCE ⓘ

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Qin conquest of rival states → precededBy → Warring States conflicts ⓘ
Su Qin → partOf → Warring States diplomatic tradition ⓘ
linked to: Warring States conflicts
Shouchun → associatedWith → Warring States diplomacy ⓘ
linked to: Warring States conflicts