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	Three Kingdoms Summary
		The Three Kingdoms period (Simplified Chinese: 三国; Traditional Chinese: 三國; pinyin: Sānguó) is a period in the history of China, part of an era of disunity called the Six Dynasties.
		The term "Three Kingdoms" itself is somewhat of a mistranslation, since each state was eventually headed by an Emperor who claimed legitimate succession from the Han Dynasty, not by kings.
		The Three Kingdoms period is one of the bloodiest in Chinese history.
	www.bookrags.com /Three_Kingdoms (4043 words)

	Chinese history:The Three Kingdoms (221-280 AD)
		Cao Cao was relatively weak in military terms at that time, but he was shrewd enough to take advantage of the opportunity to invite the emperor to come to Xuchang which was his domain.
		Amidst all the tensions and hardships of a military life, he managed to write many great poems and essays in which he expressed his lofty aspirations to accomplish great military exploits and deeds.
		The three together referred to as the "three Cao's," were the standard bearers of literary creation in what is called the Jian'an Period in Chinese literary history.
	www.chinavoc.com /history/three/caocao.htm (953 words)

	Sun-Do Taekwondo -- History of Taekwondo
		Three of these dynasties existed simultaneously in different areas of Korea and this is known as the 'Period of Three Kingdoms'.
		In the kingdom of Baekje the military officers wore different coloured belts to indicate their rank, and in Shilla they also wore coloured trim on their lapels as an additional indication of rank.
		Although interest by the military had lessened, it had not diminished, and records indicate that a requirement for becoming a soldier was to win at least three bouts of Taekwondo against different opponents.
	www.sundo.co.nz /history.html (1860 words)

	Military history of the Three Kingdoms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The military history of the Three Kingdoms period, part of the greater military history of China incorporated almost a century of prolonged warfare and disorder.
		Following the generally peaceful conditions of the Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms brought about changes to military institutions and technology favouring the emergence of a professional hereditary soldiery, including an increasing reliance on non-Chinese cavalry forces and the closure of the Han system of universal conscription.
		Both bu and qu were regular units of military organisation during the Han but by late Han and Three Kingdoms, the combination of the terms came to refer to the private retainer corps of armed men serving individual warlords in the capacity of personal dependents.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_history_of_the_Three_Kingdoms (2165 words)

	Romance of Three Kingdoms - by Luo Guanzhong - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The three foregoing rulers are commonly spoken of by historians as the "Three Divine Rulers."
		Its early history: The founder of the Zhou Dynasty, Wu Wang, the Military King, was of distinguished ancestry, being a descendant of Ji, the Minister of Agriculture under Shun.
		The three newly founded states and four of the older states, each representing the amalgamation of a number of smaller ones, made up the Seven States, and this period of Chinese history is known as the Age of the Seven States, or Warring States.
	www.threekingdoms.com /history.htm (16796 words)

	Romance of Three Kingdoms - by Luo Guanzhong - Commentary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In this way, as the Three Kingdoms stabilised, the rival governments, primarily concerned with intrigue at the capital and problems on the frontiers, were unable to maintain close authority against the local magnates.
		The apex of government, recorded by the histories with tales of generals and ministers and intrigue at court, rested upon a broad class of village and county gentry, who might accept local office, but who had small concern with the politics of the capital or the fortunes of the state.
		Gradually the military units, the civilian administration, and the agricultural colonies of Wei, fell back into hereditary control, while the splendours and imagination of the court and the capital, which had formerly served to enhance the prestige and legitimacy of the new states, became sources of resentment and disapproval.
	www.threekingdoms.com /commentary.htm (9076 words)

	Crusades in the Levant (1097-1291)
		Their origin was mainly in medieval west European Christians' military expeditions, launched from 1097 to 1291, to regain and to retain the 'Holy Land' [Palestine] from the Moslems.
		Moreover, once the Kingdom of Jerusalam and Counties of Tripoli and Antioch were established the main burden of fighting was born by the permanent settlement of crusaders and their descendants.
		Three of these mobs were destroyed in Hungary due to their own wild excesses.
	www.xenophongroup.com /montjoie/crusade2.htm (7678 words)

	A Greek Civil War: The Battle of Chaeronia. - Military Photos
		On the Athenian side, the best of their commanders were dead, Iphicrates, Chabrias and Timotheus too; and the best of those who were left, Chares, was no better than any soldier in the activity and counsel required of a commander.
		Throughout his three Philippics he made each man -whether leader or common citizen- responsible for the future of their city-state.
		A well-organized and trained army, although small in number, extended the borders of the kingdom to India, winning the decisive battles of the Granicus River (334), of Issus (333) and of Gaugamela (331).
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=49560 (1304 words)

	Korean History: A Bibliography [Three Kingdoms]
		"Historical Transition of the Three Kingdoms." Korea Journal 6:4 (April 1966): 4-9.
		"Illness and Healing in the Three Kingdoms Period: A Symbolical Interpretation." Korea Journal 21:12 (December 1981): 4-12.
		Gardiner, K.H.J. "Korea in Transition: Notes on the Three Later Kingdoms (900-36)." Papers on Far Eastern History 36 (September 1987): 139-161.
	www.hawaii.edu /korea/bibliography/three_kingdoms.htm (1364 words)

	African States
		Even though Ife has not in recent centuries held political and military power, one of the ways in which a Yoruba leader won legitimacy in the eyes of subjects and fellow kings was by gaining recognition as a "son" of the king of Ife.
		A 19th-century history of the Yoruba described Alfonja¹s rebellion in this way: "All the Hausa slaves in the adjacent towns hitherto employed as barbers, rope-makers and cowherds, now deserted their masters and flocked to Ilorin under the standard of Afonja and were protected against their masters.
		Although Asante had exported slaves to the Americas throughout its history, when Europe gradually ended its slave trade in the 19th century Asante was able to compensate for the decline in slave exports by increasing sales of kola nuts to savannah regions to the north.
	www.uiowa.edu /~africart/toc/history/giblinstate.html (5221 words)

	Korean History
		The cultures of the Three Kingdoms became very refined with an aristocratic society where the aristocrats became the leaders.
		In the 7th century Silla conquered the other kingdoms and the Three Kingdoms are united by Silla except for the part of Goryeo in Manchuria.
		In the 12th century, Goryeo underwent conflicts between the civilian and military structures and later in the 13th century Goryeo was invaded several times by the Mongolians from the north.
	media.graniteschools.org /Curriculum/korea/history.htm (1166 words)

	Weiso Military of the Ming Dynasty - China History Forum, chinese history forum
		China History Forum is an online chinese history forum, discussion board or community for all who are interested in learning and discussing chinese history from prehistoric till modern times, including chinese art of war, chinese culture topics.
		The overall military power was vested in the hands of 5 divisional commander's (都督府)hands, while the power for launching the expeditions and the deployment of troops was vested in the hands of the ministry of war (兵部).
		The county was controlled by the provincial military commander who in turned was controlled by one of the 5 divisional commanders.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=318 (926 words)

	Tang Soo Do History
		The most traditional view is that martial arts did not originate in any one country, but evolved in all parts of the globe as a method of self-defense that was needed by primitive people.
		Among the three kingdoms, the Silla Dynasty was most famous for its development of martial arts.
		The military prowess they achieved was attributed to their Samrang leaders.
	www.tangsoodo-karate.com /tsd/history.asp (465 words)

	Amazon.com: Three Kingdoms: Chinese Classics (Classic Novel in 4-Volumes): Books: Moss Roberts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Three Kingdoms is the tale (part historical, part legend and myth) of the fall of the Later Han Dynasty of China.
		I first found this edition of three kingdoms while in Beijing, a friend of mine was reading it, and so when he finished with the first volume I picked it right up and kept reading.
		Three kingdoms is a dynamic story of the end of the Han dynasty and the beginning of the fragmented three kingdoms period in Chinese history, where no new dynasty would rise until the Tang.
	www.amazon.com /Three-Kingdoms-Chinese-Classics-4-Volumes/dp/7119005901 (1909 words)

	History of Taekwondo: Three Kingdoms Era (page 1)
		The northern kingdom of Koguryo (37 BC - 668 AD) emerged from among the indigenous people along the banks of the northern Yalu River.
		The three kingdoms rivaled among themselves for power as each grew in national strength, so conflict was inevitable.
		Koguryo looked to expand its borders toward the southern kingdoms of Silla and Paekche to gain land that was more fertile and to strengthen its position against the menacing Hsien Pei and other violent, northern nomadic tribes.
	www.tkdtutor.com /02Taekwondo/TaekwondoHistory/05Kingdoms01.htm (752 words)

	The Three Kingdoms: History of China
		Thus the confrontation of three rival powers came into being and China entered the period of the Three Kingdoms, the golden age of chivalry in history.
		Although the wars continued during this period, each of the kingdoms highly concentrated on the reorganization of the government and the rebuilding of the social order and economy.
		Later, Jin overturned Wu, the last surviving kingdom in 280 and brought an end to the Three Kingdoms Period.
	www.travelchinaguide.com /intro/history/three_kingdoms/index.htm (620 words)

	Military History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		While not strictly devoted to military history, this is the main site for connections to a series of well-organized, substantive geographic, chronological, and thematic guides to history on the Internet.
		Early world military history, prior to the American Revolution is not yet covered, though there are subject headings representing them.
		There is also a handy set of links on the military history of Asia, clickable by name of modern countries (i.e., on a country-by-country basis).
	pml.suffolk.lib.ny.us /pmlmil.htm (5026 words)

	The History Guy: The War List
		Italy was really little more than a battleground for the two most powerful empires in Europe at that time: France and the Hapsburg Empire, which controlled Austria, Spain, the Netherlands and other areas.
		Military members of the coalition also include the United Kingdom and Australia.
		This war began after a military coup which voided election results which would have given power to fundamentalist Islamic political parties.
	www.historyguy.com /War_list.html (3709 words)

	Sanguo Zhi (SGZ) and Sanguo Yanyi (ROTK) - China History Forum, chinese history forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		For a more balanced picture of the Three Kingdoms period, we should thank Pei Songzhi of the Liu-Song dynasty for making an annotation of the Sanguo Zhi that included quotations from other sources that are no longer extant.
		The best source for the history of that era would be Chen Shou's San Guo Zhi which was written in the North South dynasties era, which is itself several centuries after the Three Kingdoms.
		My next project for my Masters dissertation is a military history of the Three Kingdoms in English, which will hopefully be published eventually and help to educate people about the historical facts.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=4865 (1688 words)

	Romance of the Three Kingdoms Links - Kongming's Archives
		Three Kingdoms: A Somewhat Less Than Critical Commentary is an excellent reference for some specific information on the novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
		They may be other Three Kingdoms sites with interesting or unique content, or they could be a site maintained by one of the people who have helped me out with Scholars of Shen Zhou or Kongming’s Archives.
		Warlords: A Dragon Crashes to Earth, as Kongming’s Archives is to the Three Kingdoms, is focused on the Chinese Qin and Han Dynasties.
	www.kongming.net /links (3677 words)

	Three Kingdoms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The three kingdoms were the Kingdom of Wei (魏), the Kingdom of Han (漢), and the Kingdom of Wu (吳).
		From the late 230s tensions began to become visible between the imperial Cao clan and the Sima clan.
		Following Sun Quan's death and the ascension of the young Sun Liang as emperor in 252, the kingdom of Wu went into a period of steady decline.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Three_Kingdoms (4643 words)

	Cao Cao: The Three Kingdoms: History of China
		Cao Cao: The Three Kingdoms: History of China
		History of China : Three Kingdoms Period : Cao Cao
		He was known as a famous politician, strategist and a great litterateur during the Three Kingdoms Period.
	www.travelchinaguide.com /intro/history/three_kingdoms/caocao.htm (395 words)

	GamingWorld X - Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII Review
		As a prefect or a viceroy, your time is much easier to begin with, as your command is specified to one city.
		But standing simply on its own merits, with many options well over 100 in number, Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII is without parallel in the turn-based strategy game market.
		And, as always, anyone chronically afraid of having too much to keep track of will most likely find Romance too daunting a task to even approach But to those who ignore all that and are prepared to watch hours (and hours, and hours) disappear on end, Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII is your game.
	www.gamingworldx.com /ps2/RomanceoftheThreeKingdomsV.shtml (824 words)

	Military History Online - The 2nd English Civil War
		The nine tumultuous years of the English Civil War, actually three separate wars, resulted from a range of factors, economic, constitutional and religious, all inextricably interwoven.
		At a time when religious differences were more often debated with cannon balls than words, radical leaders with strong held beliefs thought nothing of deciding the issues in battle.
		The British Civil War : The Wars of the Three Kingdoms 1638-1660
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /2ndenglishcivilwar (183 words)

	Romance of the Three Kingdoms Game Menu - Kongming's Archives
		Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a political and military simulation game based on the Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history.
		You play the role of a famous Chinese warrior from the Three Kingdoms period, fighting your way through legions of soldiers while defeating enemy officers, some quite a threat indeed, all to further your lord’s ambition to unify China.
		Unlike Koei’s Romance of the Three Kingdoms series, freeform games that focuses on battle, governing, and politics, Dynasty Tactics’ primary concern is military confrontation and conquest, all laid out along a predefined storyline.
	www.kongming.net /games (566 words)

	K3
		Historical Chinese Battle Formations – Referring from ancient Chinese military doctrines in Sun Tsu and Wu Tsu's tactic books, SANGO recreates six of the most important formations from the history and implements the AI to each formation to have its tactical value in the battlefield.
		The battlefield is divided into yours and the enemy's side, where both of you will attempt to protect your own flag and attack the other's.
		Some unique abilities are: setting tress on fire, changing wind direction, raising the morale of the soldiers, and scaring the enemy soldiers away by yelling.
	www.ezgame.com /K3-Eng/intro.htm (685 words)

	Romance Of The Three Kingdoms - China Defence Today Forum
		Romance of the Three kingdoms is a must see for anybody who is interested in this period of Chinese (military) history.
		Yes, but you have to be aware that the TV series is based on the book "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which is a novel written by Luo Guanzhong several hundred years ago, while the actual history took place two thousand years ago.
		He had to retreat back to Shu Kingdom and his kingdom's power was seriously damaged.
	www.sinodefenceforum.com /showthread.php?t=74 (1150 words)

	Romance of Three Kingdoms TV Serial by CCTV (VCD)
		A Romance of Three Kingdoms is adapted from one of the most famous Chinese classic novels with the same title by Luo Guanzhong, and based on the history of the Three Kingdoms period (220AD-280AD).
		The TV serial describes the intricate and tense struggles for the throne among three powerful political forces: Liu Bei, Cao Cao and Sun Quan, and focuses on various great talents and bold strategy during that period.
		Guan Yu plighting three conditions with Cao Cao 17.
	www.cgcmall.com /Three_Kingdoms_VCD_p/vc00thre.htm (551 words)

	Jensen's Web Sources for Wars & World Military History
		The Mexican war: a history of its origin, and a detailed account of the victories which terminated in the surrender of the capital; with the official despatches of the generals.
		History of the war between Germany and France.
		Nicolay and Hay on Tennessee and Kentucky, 1861 (1888)
	tigger.uic.edu /~rjensen/military.html (6071 words)

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