The Chu–Han Contention (206–202 BCE)

206 BCE · Çin · military

The two great powers that had overthrown Qin, Xiang Yu (Chu) and Liu Bang (Han), fought for control of the country.

The tactics of the brilliant strategist Han Xin carried Liu Bang to victory; at the siege of Gaixia, Xiang Yu took his own life. | The archetypal example in Chinese culture of the opposition between the "hero and the cunning man"; the final war on the road to the founding of the Han dynasty.

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The two great powers that had overthrown Qin, Xiang Yu (Chu) and Liu Bang (Han), fought for control of the country.
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