Year 221 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known in Rome as the Year of the Consulship of Asina and Rufus/Lepidus (or...

China was first united under a single imperial state by Qin Shi Huang in 221 BC. Orthography, weights, measures, and law were all standardized. Shortly...

Cambridge History of Ancient China: From the Origins of Civilization to 221 BC, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 232–291, ISBN 978-0-521-47030-8...

period in Chinese history (c. 475 – 221 BC) comprises the final centuries of the Zhou dynasty (c. 1046 – 256 BC), which were characterized by warfare...

father as the king of Qin, after which he became King Zheng of Qin. By 221 BC, he had conquered all the other warring states and unified all of China...

the Warring States period (481 BC – 403 BC) and the Qin state (9th century BC – 221 BC) and dynasty (221 BC – 206 BC). Early Warring States period Qin...

general 221 BC Liu Fei, Chinese prince and proclaimed king of the former Qi State (d. 189 BC) 220 BC Attalus II Philadelphus, king of Pergamon (d. 138 BC) Pacuvius...

Hasdrubal the Fair (Punic: 𐤏𐤆𐤓‬𐤁‬𐤏𐤋‬, ʿAzrobaʿl; c. 270–221 BC) was a Carthaginian military leader and politician, governor in Iberia after Hamilcar...

3rd century BC by the state of Qin against the other six powers remaining in China – Han, Zhao, Yan, Wei, Chu and Qi. Between 247 and 221 BC, Qin had developed...

Books & Periodicals. ISBN 978-0835106184. "Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770 BC-221 BC) in China History". www.warriortours.com. Archived from the original on...

Cambridge history of ancient China : from the origins of civilization to 221 B.C. Library Genesis. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press...

excavated in the Fuzhou area. During the Warring States period (c. 475–221 BC), Chinese began referring to the modern Fujian area as Min Yue (閩越), suggesting...

Changping in 260 BC. Antigonus III Doson, king of Macedonia from 229 to 221 BC (d. 221 BC) Philetaerus, founder (reigned from 282 BC) of the Attalid kingdom...

authority of the royal house diminished. The Warring States period (c. 481 – 221 BC) that followed saw large-scale warfare and consolidation among what had...

dynasty (1600–1046 BC) Zhou dynasty (1046–221 BC) Western Zhou (1046–771 BC) Eastern Zhou (771–221 BC) Spring and Autumn period (771–476 BC) Warring States...

annexations in 221 BC. Rome established its hegemony over the entire Mediterranean after its victory over the Seleucid Empire in 189 BC. Officially, Rome's...

various states during the Spring and Autumn (771–476 BC) and Warring States periods (475–221 BC) were connected by the first emperor of China, Qin Shi...

(283–246 BC) Ptolemy III Euergetes, Pharaoh (246–222 BC) Ptolemy IV Philopator, Pharaoh (221–204 BC) Ptolemy V Epiphanes, Pharaoh (204–181 BC) Kush (complete...

literature authored prior to the establishment of the imperial Qin dynasty in 221 BC. Prominent examples include the Four Books and Five Classics in the Neo-Confucian...

states that had previously pledged fealty to the Zhou. This culminated in 221 BC with the successful unification of China under Qin, which then assumed an...

apparatuses of the Seven Warring States which fought from around 475 BC to 221 BC when the state of Qin conquered the other six states, forming China's...

of Bithynia (approximate date) 263 BC Antigonus III Doson, king of Macedonia from 229 to 221 BC (d. 221 BC) 262 BC Apollonius of Perga (Pergaeus), Greek...

Antigonus III Doson (Ancient Greek: Ἀντίγονος Δώσων, 263–221 BC) was king of Macedon from 229 BC to 221 BC. He was a member of the Antigonid dynasty. He was...

4th century BC, Qin emerged as one of the dominant powers among the Seven Warring States. It unified the seven states of China in 221 BC under Qin Shi...

the fall of the Western Roman Empire in about AD 476. Note: All wars are BC unless other wise noted. The Loves of Pharaoh (1922) Sudan (1945) The Egyptian...

involved in the Lü Clan Disturbance in 180 BC and grandson of Emperor Gao of Han Philip V, king of Macedonia from 221 BC, whose attempt to extend Macedonian...

Empire", in reference to the status of the emperor as the Son of Heaven. In 221 BC, China was unified under an emperor for the first time, and various dynasties...

(eds.), The Cambridge History of China, vol. I: the Ch'in and Han Empires, 221 BC – AD 220, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 27, ISBN 0-521-24327-0...

region in 225 BC. By 220 BC, the Romans had annexed the area as Cisalpine Gaul. Hasdrubal was assassinated around the same time (221 BC), bringing Hannibal...

of the former Qi State (Zhou dynasty) (b. 221 BC) Zhang Liang, Chinese rebel and taoist, who has helped Liu Bang establish the Han dynasty (b. 262 BC)...