Dong Zhou

Three Kingdoms

Dong Zhuo ©HistoryMaps

189 Dec 1

Louyang, China

Following the suppression of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Han Dynasty continued to weaken. The power vacuum was increasingly filled by regional warlords, each vying for control. The Han Emperor, Xian, was a mere figurehead, manipulated by competing factions, notably by the warlord Dong Zhuo, who seized control of the capital, Luoyang, in 189 CE. Dong Zhuo's tyrannical rule and the subsequent campaign against him further plunged the empire into chaos.

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