Seven powerful principalities of the Warring States Period
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Card with the seven powers (qīxióng) ; there were other states in China at the time , but the seven great powers were the most powerful and important.
The Seven mighty principalities of the Warring States Period or seven great powers ( Chinese 戰國七雄 / 战国七雄 , Pinyin Zhanguo qīxióng ; also briefly 七雄 , Qīxióng called) were powerful states in ancient China during the Warring States Period . They were called:
The eventual winner of all wars among them was the state of Qin , whose ruler Qin Shi Huang founded the first imperial dynasty in Chinese history.