States and wars: China’s long march towards unity and its consequences, 221 BC – 1911 AD

We examine the long-term pattern of state formation and the mythical historical Chinese unity under one single political regime based on the compilation of a large geocoded annual data series of political regimes and incidences of warfare between 221 BC and 1911 AD. By classifying our data sets into...

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Main Authors: Chen, S, Ma, D
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: University of Oxford 2022