China A period of civil war known as the Chu-Han contention begins. Xiang Yu divides China in a power-sharing arrangement known as the Eighteen Kingdoms, with himself the de facto supreme ruler as Hegemon-King of Western Chu. Xiang Yu appoints Huai II of Chu as Emperor Yi of China, but he has him assassinated later in the year. Liu Bang, as the newly appointed king of Hanzhong, and his new General-in-Chief Han Xin, invade Guanzhong, defeat the king of Yong, Zhang Han, and conquer the lands of the Three Qins, thus beginning hostilities with Xiang Yu. Liu Bang makes Yueyang his capital and begins to expand his realm into the Central Plain. Xiang Yu campaigns against a rebellion in Qi. The Jian and Dao swords are created during this time (approximate date).
China A period of civil war known as the Chu-Han contention begins. Xiang Yu divides China in a power-sharing arrangement known as the Eighteen Kingdoms, with himself the de facto supreme ruler as Hegemon-King of Western Chu. Xiang Yu appoints Huai II of Chu as Emperor Yi of China, but he has him assassinated later in the year. Liu Bang, as the newly appointed king of Hanzhong, and his new General-in-Chief Han Xin, invade Guanzhong, defeat the king of Yong, Zhang Han, and conquer the lands of the Three Qins, thus beginning hostilities with Xiang Yu. Liu Bang makes Yueyang his capital and begins to expand his realm into the Central Plain. Xiang Yu campaigns against a rebellion in Qi The Jian and Dao swords are created during this time (approximate date).