Seven Warring States

Seven Warring States

The Seven Warring States or Seven Kingdoms (zh-tspl|t=戰國七雄|s=战国七雄|p=zhàn guó qī xióng|l=Warring States [period] seven great powers) refers to the seven warring states in China during the Warring States period in Chinese history. The Seven Warring States formed from he weakening of the Zhou Dynasty. They were, in alphabetical order by pinyin:

* Chu (楚)
* Han (韓/韩)
* Qi (齊/齐)
* Qin (秦)
* Wei (魏)
* Yan (燕)
* Zhao (趙/赵)

The eventual winner of the wars was the state of Qin, whose ruler Qin Shi Huang established the first imperial dynasty in Chinese history. It is probable that China is named after QinFact|date=December 2007.

The "Seven Kingdoms" series of computer games were named after these states.


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