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comes as a devastating surprise. Simultaneously, the other allies attack from the west. Chu declares itself an ally of Qi but contents itself with annexing some territory to its north. Qi's armies are destroyed while the territory of Qi is reduced to the two cities of
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form an alliance. Yan had normally been a relatively weak ally of Qi and Qi feared little from this quarter. Yan's onslaught under general
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The success of Qi has frightened the other states. Under the leadership of Lord
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30:
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89:
939:
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726:
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504:
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715:
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58:
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philosopher, cartographer, geographer, mathematician and author (b. c.
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abdicates. He is succeeded by his youngest son by his wife
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became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
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811:is deserted by his troops and surrenders to
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819:, where Seleucus keeps him a prisoner.
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381:Balinese saka calendar
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59:3rd century
50:4th century
809:Demetrius Poliorcetes
704:β157 or β538 or β1310
689:β158 or β539 or β1311
589:934 BH β 933 BH
579:906 BP β 905 BP
909:, the successor of
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792:Sostratus of Cnidus
667:Thai solar calendar
644:Nanakshahi calendar
485:Discordian calendar
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915:Peripatetic school
714:was a year of the
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433:Byzantine calendar
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790:. Built by
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479:β568 β β567
926:References
784:Alexandria
306:CCLXXXV BC
240:Categories
124:260s
116:270s
107:280s
98:290s
90:300s
25:Millennium
911:Aristotle
724:year 469
559:2816β2817
554:Kali Yuga
509:3476β3477
437:5224β5225
341:- Pharaoh
290:calendars
196:282
188:283
180:284
171:285
162:286
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146:288
41:Centuries
934:Category
813:Seleucus
769:Berenice
760:–
747:By place
551: -
536: -
523: -
365:, year 4
363:Olympiad
219:Politics
917:(b. c.
913:in the
903:Eressos
817:Cilicia
762:Egypt's
758:June 26
671:258β259
638:ζ°ε2196εΉ΄
332:dynasty
81:Decades
940:285 BC
919:370 BC
907:Lesbos
893:350 BC
879:Deaths
870:Births
851:Yue Yi
742:Events
712:285 BC
658:27/28
329:XXXIII
302:285 BC
248:Deaths
889:Greek
824:China
752:Egypt
710:Year
648:β1752
360:123rd
137:Years
860:Jimo
858:and
845:and
839:Zhao
794:for
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681:ι΄ζ¨ηͺεΉ΄
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427:β922
397:β877
375:4466
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334:, 39
905:in
847:Yan
843:Han
835:Qin
831:Wei
815:at
782:in
700:Rat
685:Pig
635:ROC
612:N/A
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545:N/A
489:882
465:Rat
452:Pig
417:260
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