Polity Nanyue

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Nanyue was established by Zhao Tuo, then Commander of Nanhai of the Qin Empire, in 204 BC after the collapse of the Qin dynasty. It was located in southern China and northern Vietnam.

Establishment

  • January 203 BC: In 206 BC the Qin dynasty ceased to exist, and the Yue peoples of Guilin and Xiang were largely independent once more. In 204 BC, Zhao Tuo founded the Kingdom of Nanyue.

Chronology

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1. Han campaigns against Minyue

Were a series of three Han military campaigns dispatched against the Minyue state.

1.1. Second Han campaign against Minyue

Han military campaign to intervene in a war between Minyue and Nanyue.

  • January 134 BC: An army led by the generals Wang Hui and Han Anguo was ordered to invade Minyue. Panicked at news of an invasion, the younger brother of the Minyue king Zou Ying, Zou Yushan, conspired with the royal court to depose Ying. Yushan killed his brother with a spear, decapitated the corpse, and sent the head to Wang. The Han forces withdrew soon after. After the assassination, Minyue was succeeded by a state divided into a dual monarchy composed of the kingdom of Minyue, controlled by a Han proxy ruler, and the kingdom of Dongyue, ruled by Zou Yushan.

2. Han-Nanyue War

Was a military conflict between the Han Empire and the Nanyue kingdom in modern Guangdong, Guangxi, and Northern Vietnam.

  • January 110 BC: The Han forces launched a punitive campaign against Nanyue and conquered it in 111 BC.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

  • January 179 BC: Âu Lạc succumbed to the state of Nanyue in 180 BC.

Disestablishment

  • January 110 BC: The Han forces launched a punitive campaign against Nanyue and conquered it in 111 BC.