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Warring States periodChinese Zhangou(475–221 BC) In Chinese history, a period in which small feuding kingdoms or fiefdoms struggled for supremacy. The period was dominated by seven or more small feuding Chinese kingdoms. It was the age of Confucian thinkers Mencius and Xunzi, the time when many of the government institutions and cultural patterns that would characterize China for the next 2,000 years were established. The term Warring States (Sengoku) is also used in Japan for a period (1482–1558) during the Muromachi period that was marked by almost constant warfare among rival daimyo seeking to consolidate and increase their landholdings. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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the Warring States, the Yayoi, the Nara-Heian era) without sufficient definition of terms or placement of events in time. 22) He justly linked war preparations to economic matters, drawing the politicians' attention to the need for the correct perception of the correlation of own and enemy forces, which, in his opinion, called for mature and in-depth judgment, a good knowledge of history, politics and statistics on warring states, and excellent military skills. For example, a piece ostensibly written to understand and explain his own feelings with regard to the White House's strategy for national security soon becomes a meditation on the motives of America and other potentially warring states. |
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