The Disaster of Yongjia
Nomads take the Jin capital, and northern China falls apart
Troops of the Xiongnu-led Han-Zhao state took Luoyang, massacred tens of thousands and carried off Emperor Huai of Jin. For three centuries the north was split among non-Chinese kingdoms, while the Jin court and masses of refugees moved south to Jiankang (Nanjing).
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 313 Edict of Milan — 2 years later
- 330 Founding of Constantinople — 19 years later
Africa
- c. 320 Pachomius founds the first communal monastery — 9 years later
- c. 330 Aksum adopts Christianity — 19 years later
Alive at the time
- Constantine the Great (aged 39)
- Anthony the Great (aged 60)