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The Great Dai Earthquake

Dai (modern Datong, Shanxi; Yuxian, Hebei)

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Before the fall of Zhao, a great earthquake shook Dai. Buildings collapsed and the ground split open in a fissure 130 paces long. Soon after, the Zhao army was defeated and Qin conquered Zhao.

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Before the fall of Zhao, a great earthquake shook Dai. Buildings collapsed and the ground split open in a fissure 130 paces long. Soon after, the Zhao army was defeated and Qin conquered Zhao.

Sources

  • Records of the Grand Historian, "Zhao Family"
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