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120 BC

120 BC — China: The Xiongnu raid Youbeiping and Xingxiang, taking 1,000 captives

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KoreaOld Chosŏn 2333 BC–108 BCChinaHan dynasty 206 BC–220JapanYayoi period 300 BC–250United States
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  • The Xiongnu raid Youbeiping and Xingxiang, taking 1,000 captives
  • BC122The Xiongnu raid Shanggu
  • BC122The Prince of Huainan rebels and is defeated
  • BC121霍去病擊匈奴，征服河西走廊，設酒泉及武威二郡。後又分割為張掖、敦煌二郡。
  • BC119Battle of Mobei
  • BC119Zhang Qian goes on another trip to the Western Regions
  • BC119漢武帝頒布算緡令，後又頒布告緡令，徵收財產稅。
  • BC119New taxes are levied on market transactions, vehicles, and property
  • BC119Introduction of the iron and salt monopoly
  • BC118漢武帝改革幣制，廢除半兩錢，改行五銖錢。
  • No events recorded for this year

covered from 1607