The period of their creations hence spans the times from the Warring States period to the late Han Dynasty in the history of China.
Sima Qian, author of the Records, chose this year since it was the inaugural year of King Yuan of Zhou.
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Different scholars use dates for the beginning of the period ranging between 481 BC and 403 BC, but Sima Qian's date of 475 BC is most often cited.
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Chu lost the initiative and could only sustain local guerrilla-style resistance until it too was fully conquered with the destruction of Shouchun and the death of its last leader, Lord Changping of Chu, in 223 BC.
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It begins at the earliest legendary times (the Yellow Emperor) and extends to 299 BC, with the later centuries focussing on the history of the State of Wei in the Warring States period.
The Battle of Lize (笠泽之战）was fought between the states of Wu and Yue in the Warring States period of Chinese history.
During the Warring States period of China, the Qin—through its Legalistic policies—placed considerable focus on the enhancement of state wealth and military power, also known with the expression Fuguo Qiangbing.
During the Warring States period, the State of Ba fell into decline, until it was absorbed by the State of Qin in AD 316.
Longnan is very important in Chinese history: it was the home of Rong tribes that troubled the Shang and Zhou dynasties and is considered the homeland of the House of Ying, the family of the Qin dynasty that united China at the end of the Warring States period.
Prince Jia, King Qian's elder brother, escaped from Handan and went to Dai (代; present-day Yu County, Zhangjiakou, Hebei), where, with help from Zhao's remnants, he declared himself "King of Dai".
The Himeji Castle and Warring States Fortress are both now available as special buildings, along with a Western Mansion, should the player allow foreign Sims to enter the city.
The historian Li Ling mentions this in his simplified version "Sun Tzu" in the "Espionage" chapter, viz “When the Zhou flourished, Lu Ya was in Yin" followed by the sentence, “When the Yan State flourished, Su Qin was in Qi”. Li Ling believes that this "Sun Tzu" is not the same as the one handed down to later generations and is clearly the history of the late Warring States period.
This was the start of the Eastern Zhou period, which is customarily divided into the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period.
As a historian, Xu Xusheng authored the 1943 book, Zhong-guogushi tie chuanshiio shidai ("The legendary times in early Chinese history") where he comments that the name of Five Emperors was not mentioned until the Warring States era and cannot be found in the Zuo Zhuan, Guoyu, Lunyu, Mozi or Mengzi.