Defeat of the Northern Xiongnu and the Yanran inscription

Name: Defeat of the Northern Xiongnu and the Yanran inscription
Start: 0089
Location: Mount Yanran (Mongolia)

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Han carves its victory deep in the steppe

Defeat of the Northern Xiongnu and the Yanran inscription — Wikimedia Commons

In 89 the Han general Dou Xian routed the Northern Xiongnu and had a victory text composed by the historian Ban Gu carved on a cliff of Mount Yanran. Two years later the northern Xiongnu state collapsed; the inscription, known from the chronicles, was found in Mongolia in 2017.

State: Xiongnu

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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)

Europe

80 The Colosseum opens — 9 years earlier
106 Trajan conquers Dacia — 17 years later

Middle East

70 Siege of Jerusalem and destruction of the Temple — 19 years earlier

Africa

c. 100 The rise of Aksum — 11 years later

Alive at the time

Ban Zhao (aged 44)
Epictetus (aged 39)
Zhang Heng (aged 11)