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213 BC

213 BC — China: Burning of books and burying of scholars: All copies of the Classic of Poetry, the Book of Documents and works of the Hundred Schools of Thought were ordered burned

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KoreaOld Chosŏn 2333 BC–108 BCChinaQin dynasty 221 BC–206 BCJapanYayoi period 300 BC–250United States
  • No events recorded for this year
  • Burning of books and burying of scholars: All copies of the Classic of Poetry, the Book of Documents and works of the Hundred Schools of Thought were ordered burned.
  • 秦始皇焚毀天下詩、書、百家語和非秦國史書。ZH
  • BC215秦始皇命蒙恬率三十萬大軍北伐匈奴，佔領河套地區。
  • BC214The Lingqu Canal was built.
  • BC212秦始皇在咸陽坑殺犯禁者四百六十餘人。
  • No events recorded for this year
  • BC212Emperor Kōgen, accession

covered from 1607