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 | | It was born in disunity and never accepted unification, except when the superior weaponry and discipline of British regiments imposed it. |
 | | By 259, China was mostly unified and only two states remained outside of Qin power: Qao, a kingdom which had arisen in the north, and which fell in 222, and Qi, the oldest kingdom of them all, which was conquered in 221. |
 | | There was a period of disunity, which in the official version of Chinese history commenced in 221, when Cao Cao's son deposed the last puppet Han emperor, and ended in 589 when the Sui dynasty reunited China. |
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