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Chinese Warring States

475–221 BC China Status: ended Casualties: Estimated 1.5–2 million in last century alone

Two and a half centuries of war between seven kingdoms. Iron weapons, mass crossbow infantry, generals like Bai Qi and Sun Bin. Qin's legalist machine crushed the rest one by one; in 221 BC Qin Shi Huang declared the first unified Chinese empire.

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Belligerents

  • Qin
  • Chu
  • Qi
  • Yan
  • Han
  • Wei
  • Zhao

Casualties

Estimated 1.5–2 million in last century alone

From World at War, an interactive atlas by Jairus Pereira. Figures are approximate, drawn from Wikipedia, UCDP, ACLED and academic sources — a design artefact, not an authoritative register. Contact.