Battle of Changping
Qin crushes Zhao and clears its path to supremacy
The Qin army under Bai Qi encircled and destroyed the forces of Zhao; tradition says hundreds of thousands of surrendered soldiers were executed. One of the bloodiest battles of the Warring States, it cleared Qin's path to dominance.
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Almost simultaneously, Ashoka conquered Kalinga (261 BC) and repented the bloodshed, while China saw the Battle of Changping (260 BC), one of antiquity's bloodiest.
Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Africa
- c. 285 BC Library of Alexandria — 25 years earlier
Alive at the time
- Archimedes (aged 27)
- Ashoka (aged 44)
- Eratosthenes (aged 16)