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The Battle of Caishi (1161 CE): A Southern Song Naval Victory Against the Jin – Examine the Significant Naval Battle Where the Southern Song Forces Successfully Repelled a Large Invasion Force from the Jurchen Jin Dynasty, Highlighting the Naval Strength of the Southern Song and Preventing a Jin Conquest of the South.

The Battle of Caishi (1161 CE): A Southern Song Naval Victory Against the Jin – Examine the Significant Naval Battle Where the Southern Song Forces Successfully Repelled a Large Invasion…
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The Jin-Song Wars (1125-1234): Conflict Between the Jurchen Jin and Song Dynasties – Explore the Long Period of Warfare Between the Jurchen Jin Dynasty (Controlling Northern China) and the Southern Song Dynasty, Examining the Battles, Strategies, And The Impact of This Prolonged Conflict on Both Regimes and the Chinese Landscape.

The Jin-Song Wars (1125-1234): A Centuries-Long Sibling Squabble with Swords (Imagine a dramatic movie trailer voiceover here) "In a land divided, two empires clashed. One, the newly risen, fierce Jurchen…
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The Battle of Fei River (383 CE): A Jin Victory Against Overwhelming Odds – Examine the Confrontation Between the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Former Qin (a non-Han state in the north), Exploring How the Smaller Jin Force Achieved a Decisive Victory, Halting the Former Qin’s Advance and Preserving the Eastern Jin’s Control over Southern China.

The Battle of Fei River (383 CE): A Jin Victory Against Overwhelming Odds – A Lecture (Professor leans back, adjusts spectacles, and surveys the class with a mischievous grin.) Alright,…
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The Uprising of the Five Barbarians (beginning 304 CE): Nomadic Invasions and the Fragmentation of the Jin Dynasty – Examine the Period of Widespread Uprisings and Invasions by Various Nomadic Groups (Xiongnu, Xianbei, Jie, Qiang, Di) Against the Western Jin Dynasty, Leading to its Collapse and a Long Period of Division in Northern China.

The Uprising of the Five Barbarians: A Nomadic Knockout of the Jin Dynasty (304 CE Onwards) (Lecture Hall Scene: Projector displays a chaotic map of fragmented China, circa 4th century.…
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The Jin Dynasty’s Unification (280 CE): A Brief Period of Unity After the Three Kingdoms – Examine the Conquest of the Kingdom of Wu by the Western Jin Dynasty, Bringing an End to the Three Kingdoms Period and Briefly Reunifying China, Although This Unity Proved Short-Lived.

The Jin Dynasty's Unification (280 CE): A Brief Period of Unity After the Three Kingdoms – A Lecture Alright, settle in, settle in! Today, we're diving headfirst into a period…