Regional259 BCE

Battle of Handan

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China

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Handan (259 BCE), part of the China's Era of the Warring States. Zhao, Wei defeated Qin.

Belligerents3

Zhao
Wei
Qin

Conflict graph

PART OFWarring States Period (China)

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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