• randint
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    7 months ago

    In Chinese it’s called 南北戰爭, which means South-North War. Not as interesting as the Icelandic name though

    • Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.ee
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      7 months ago

      Given Chinese history you’d think that name would be reserved for…well IDK draw any time china wasn’t unified out of a hat lol

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        7 months ago

        Well we do have a period called the Northern and Southern dynasties, but most of the time we are devided into multiple states and it’s hard to tell who is south and who is north, so …

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          7 months ago

          Not an entire war but I’ve definitely seen the battle of red cliffs cast as a definitive battle between the north and south.

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            7 months ago

            The battle of red cliffs happened in the famous Three Kingdoms era, and the battle did settle the foundation for the situation. At the time the Shu(蜀) and Wu(吴) who were south of Wei(魏) were alliances so you could say it was a battle between south and north, but when we talk about it was more like a mexican standout sort of thing(if that makes sense to you).