{"slug": "three-kingdoms", "label": "Three Kingdoms", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Kingdoms", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185043", "qid": "Q185043", "description": "period of Chinese history (220–280 AD) dominated by the Wei, Shu-Han, and Wu kingdoms", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [161, 280], "span_label": ["161 CE", "280 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "cao-wei", "label": "Cao Wei", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "jin-dynasty-265420", "label": "Jin dynasty (265–420)", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "shu-han", "label": "Shu Han", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "liu-bei", "label": "Liu Bei", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "eastern-wu", "label": "Eastern Wu", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "luoyang", "label": "Luoyang", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "emperor-wu-of-jin", "label": "Emperor Wu of Jin", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 161, "year_label": "161 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Liu Bei, founder of the Shu Han (Three Kingdoms) (d. 223)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371301434#Births", "title": "AD 161", "revid": 1371301434, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 214, "year_label": "214 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Liu Bei takes Yi Province from his clansman Liu Zhang, forming the later basis for Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371187273#China", "title": "214", "revid": 1371187273, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 239, "year_label": "239 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Cao Fang succeeds his adoptive father Cao Rui as emperor of the Cao Wei state, in the Three Kingdoms period of China.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1270781286#Asia", "title": "239", "revid": 1270781286, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 241, "year_label": "241 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Cao Mao, Chinese emperor of the Cao Wei state in the Three Kingdoms period (d. 260)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371304577#Births", "title": "241", "revid": 1371304577, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 279, "year_label": "279 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Winter – Conquest of Wu by Jin: The Jin Dynasty conquers Eastern Wu, the last of the three contending powers in China during the Three Kingdoms Period.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1292574938#Asia", "title": "279", "revid": 1292574938, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 280, "year_label": "280 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Wu of the Jin dynasty completes the unification of China, which was previously divided between three contending powers during the Three Kingdoms period. The Jin dynasty's capital of Luoyang becomes a thriving centre of commerce as foreign diplomats and traders travel there.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367495474#China", "title": "280", "revid": 1367495474, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}]}