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Uprisings of the Qin dynasty. Liu Bang's campaign is shown in purple. Liu Bang, in an illustration by the Qing dynasty artist Shangguan Zhou (上官周; 1665–1749) Liu was responsible for escorting a group of penal labourers to the construction site of Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum at Mount Li.
Xiang Yu and Liu Bang went on to fight for control over China in a conflict known as the Chu–Han Contention, which ended with Liu Bang's victory in 202 BC. Liu Bang then established the Han dynasty as the ruling dynasty, ultimately inheriting and consolidating much of what had been initially conceived by the Qin dynasty.
Liu barely escaped another defeat at Xingyang, but Xiang was unable to pursue him because Liu Bang induced Ying Bu, the King of Huainan, to rebel against Xiang. [20] After Liu occupied Chenggao along with a large Qin grain storage, Xiang threatened to kill Liu's father if he did not surrender, but Liu did not give in to Xiang's threats. [20]
The Han dynasty [a] was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) and a warring interregnum known as the Chu–Han Contention (206–202 BC), and it was succeeded by the Three Kingdoms period (220–280 ...
Trident polearm, Han dynasty In 206 BCE, after the former Qin Empire was divided into the Eighteen Kingdoms, Liu Bang was made King of Han and relocated to the Bashu region (present-day Chongqing and Sichuan) along with 30,000 troops and thousands of civilians.
The Qin capital was destroyed the next year, and this is considered by historians to be the end of the imperial Qin dynasty. [27] [note 2] Liu Bang then betrayed and defeated Xiang Yu, and on 28 February 202 BC declared himself Emperor Gaozu of the new Han dynasty. [28]
In late 207 BC, Liu Bang's army conquered Wu Pass and seized control of Guanzhong and the Qin capital Xianyang (present-day Xi'an, Shaanxi). The last Qin emperor, Ziying, surrendered to Liu Bang, marking the end of the Qin dynasty. After occupying Xianyang, Liu Bang gave strict orders to his men, forbidding them from looting and pillaging the ...
In late 208 BC the rebel king of Chu, King Huai II, promised that whoever invaded Guanzhong first would rule the region. [2] In late 207 the Chu rebel Liu Bang became the first anti-Qin rebel to enter the Guanzhong region, capturing the Qin capital Xianyang and receiving the surrender of Ziying, the last king of Qin.