Cluster loulan

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The Nation includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

Establishment

  • January 125 BC: In 126 BC, the Chinese envoy, Zhang Qian described Loulan as a fortified city near Lop Nur.

Chronology

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1. Han-Xiongnu War

Was a series of military battles fought between the Han Empire and the nomadic Xiongnu confederation.

  • January 125 BC: In 126 BC, the Chinese envoy, Zhang Qian described Loulan as a fortified city near Lop Nur.
  • January 107 BC: The Han submitted the king of Loulan.

Disestablishment

  • January 76 BC: Chinese dynasties took direct control of the kingdom some time after 77 BC, and it was later known in Chinese as Shanshan.