In the Middle Ages, a commandery (rarely commandry) was the smallest administrative division of the European landed properties of a military order. It...
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The Commandery is a historic building open to visitors and located in the city of Worcester, England. It opened as a museum in 1977 and was for a while...
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The Lelang Commandery was a commandery of the Han dynasty established after it had conquered Wiman Joseon in 108 BC and lasted until Goguryeo conquered...
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A commandery (Chinese: 郡; pinyin: jùn) was a historical administrative division of China that was in use from the Eastern Zhou (c. 7th century BCE) until...
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The Daifang Commandery was an administrative division established by the Chinese Han dynasty on the Korean Peninsula between 204 and 220. It was conquered...
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The Four Commanderies of Han (Chinese: 漢四郡; pinyin: Hàn-sìjùn; Korean: 한사군; Hanja: 漢四郡; RR: Han-sagun) were Chinese commanderies located in the north...
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Shanyang Commandery (Chinese: 山陽郡) was a historical commandery in China, located in present-day southern Shandong province. In early Han dynasty, Shanyang...
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Lintun Commandery was a commandery established in the Korean peninsula by the Chinese Han dynasty. Lintun Commandery was one of the Four Commanderies of Han...
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Yellow Turban Rebellion (redirect from The Yellow Turban Rebellion)
followers as the "General of Heaven") and his two younger brothers Zhang Bao (張寶) and Zhang Liang (張梁), who were born in Julu Commandery. The brothers had...
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established in the 4th year of Yuanshi (元始四年, AD 4) in the Han dynasty. The site of the Longqi (龍耆), the capital city of Xihai Jun in the Han dynasty, is...
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Hainan (redirect from Zhuya Commandery)
and the southernmost province of China. It consists of the eponymous Hainan Island and various smaller islands in the South China Sea under the province's...
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Commandery (Chinese: 黔中郡) was a historical commandery of the state of Chu during the Warring States period (481 BC – 221 BC). It was mentioned in the...
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The Zhenfan Commandery was one of the Four Commanderies of the Chinese Han dynasty located on the Korean Peninsula. It existed between 108 BC and 82 BC...
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Gaomi (redirect from Gaomi Commandery)
county-level city of eastern Shandong province, China, under the administration of Weifang City. It is the hometown of writer and 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature...
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A commandery is an administrative district and may refer to: Commandery, an administrative level of a European military order Commandery, also jun, an...
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Chinese commandery, situated in the Hetao region in modern-day Inner Mongolia near Baotou. First founded by Emperor Wu of Han in the wake of the successful...
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Hongnong Commandery (Chinese: 弘農郡), also known as Hengnong Commandery (Chinese: 恒農郡), was a commandery of China from Han dynasty to Tang dynasty, located...
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Zhao Kingdom (Han dynasty) (redirect from Zhao Commandery)
The kingdom was created in 203 BC and granted to Zhang Er (張耳), a follower of Emperor Gaozu of Han. The kingdom covered five Qin-era commanderies, including...
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Wuyuan Commandery (Chinese: 五原郡) was a historical commandery of China, located in the eastern Hetao region. The commandery sat near the modern city of...
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governments in the Han dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD) consisted of three levels of administrative divisions: provinces (cishibu 刺史部, or zhou), commanderies (jun) and...
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Xuantu Commandery (Chinese: 玄菟郡; Korean: 현도군) was a commandery of the Chinese Han dynasty. It was one of Four Commanderies of Han, established in 107...
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Youbeiping Commandery (Chinese: 右北平郡), or Beiping Commandery (Chinese: 北平郡) was a commandery in imperial China from the Warring States period to Tang dynasty...
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Administration of territory in dynastic China (redirect from Qin commanderies)
blood. During the Qin dynasty (221–206 BC), they were coordinated by commanderies (jun) and expanded throughout the entire empire, but the Han (202 BC–220...
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Henei Commandery (Chinese: 河內郡) was a commandery of China from Han dynasty to Tang dynasty, located in modern Henan province, to the north of Yellow River...
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Julu Commandery. The Yellow Turbans launched an uprising against the central government in 184, the year of the Jiazi in the Sexagenary cycle. The Yellow...
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The Münchenbuchsee Commandery was a medieval commandery of the Knights Hospitaller in the Swiss municipality of Münchenbuchsee in the Canton of Bern....
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Yan Kingdom (Han dynasty) (redirect from Yan Commandery)
Afterwards, the territories was reorganized into Guangyang Commandery. In Cao Wei, Guangyang Commandery again became the fief of Princes of Yan. The title was...
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Julu Commandery (simplified Chinese: 巨鹿郡; traditional Chinese: 鉅鹿郡) was a historical commandery of China, located in modern-day southern Hebei. The commandery...
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Liaodong Commandery and Xuantu Commandery. In 128 AD, the Xianbei attacked Yuyang Commandery. In 136 AD, people known as the Qulian from beyond the southern...
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Yingchuan Commandery (Chinese: 潁川郡) was a Chinese commandery from the Warring States period to Tang dynasty, located in modern central Henan province. The name...
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