Battle of Red Cliffs
Fire ships stop Cao Cao's fleet on the Yangtze
In the winter of 208 Cao Cao, master of the north, sent his fleet down the Yangtze. The allies Sun Quan and Liu Bei sent fire ships into his closely packed vessels, disease finished off his army, and the split of China into three kingdoms became inevitable.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 212 Caracalla grants citizenship to all — 4 years later
Middle East
- c. 200 Compilation of the Mishnah — 8 years earlier
- 224 Rise of the Sasanian Empire — 16 years later
Americas
- c. 200 Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan — 8 years earlier
Oceania
- c. 232 Hatepe eruption of Taupō — 24 years later
Alive at the time
- Galen (aged 79)
- Nagarjuna (aged 58)
- Cao Cao (aged 53)
- Zhuge Liang (aged 27)
- Plotinus (aged 4)