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Warring States period

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The Warring States period (simplified Chinese: 战国时代; traditional Chinese: 戰國時代; pinyin: Zhànguó Shídài) was an era in ancient Chinese history characterized by warfare, as well as bureaucratic and military reforms and consolidation. It followed the Spring and Autumn period and concluded with the Qin wars of conquest that saw the annexation of all other contender states, which ultimately led to the Qin state's victory in 221 BC as the first unified Chinese empire, known as the Qin dynasty.

Warring States period - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Period of Chinese history, c. 475 – 221 BC This article is about the period of Chinese history. For the period of Japanese history, see Sengoku period . For other uses, see Warring States (disambiguation) . You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Chinese . (May 2026) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Chinese article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate , is a useful starting point for

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