Template:Did you know nominations/Yanmen Commandery

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 16:11, 25 February 2018 (UTC)

Yanmen Commandery

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Yanmen Commandery formed the central part of Zhao's conquests c. 300 BC

... that China's Yanmen Commandery (pictured) survived intermittently for over 1000 years, from c. 300 BC to AD 758? Anc. China & Its Enemies: "King Wu-ling [r. –299 BC] 'in the north attacked the Lin Hu and the Lou-fan; built long walls, and made a barrier... He then established the three commanderies of Yen-men, Yün-chung, and Tai"; Hist. Dict. of Med. China: "TANG... 742–758"

ALT1: ... that China's Yanmen Commandery was formed from Zhao's conquests among the Loufan and the Forest Barbarians (pictured)?
ALT2: ... that the governor of Zhao's Yanmen Commandery (pictured) lured 100,000 nomad horsemen over the Great Wall before defeating them in the mid-3rd century BC? The Cambridge History of Early Inner Asia: "...later in the 3rd century... Li Mu, who was responsible for garrisoning the northern frontier of Chao at Yen-men... lured the nomads deep into Chao territory... made a surprise attack with a combined army of chariots, cavalry, and archers over 160,000... defeated a Hsiung-nu army of more than 100,000 horsemen... Ch'in connected, repaired, and extended the three separate walls of Ch'in, Chao, and Yen which had been built in the Warring States period, so that one long Great Wall was finally formed..."
Reviewed: ~~Will do~~ Ronin.

Created by LlywelynII (talk). Self-nominated at 18:57, 24 January 2018 (UTC).

Article is new enough, long enough, well referenced, and neutrally written. QPQ is done. No copyvio found. ALT0 is verified and good to go. I like ALT2 too, but the source (Yu 1990) only says Zhao defeated the Xiongnu, not "encircling and destroying". Map is freely licensed, but it only shows the Zhao kingdom as a whole, not Yanmen Commandery specifically. -Zanhe (talk) 04:47, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

Hi, I came by to promote ALT0, but I don't see any mention of AD 758 in the article. Yoninah (talk) 23:29, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

No attempt by nominator to resolve issue in over 2 weeks time. — Coffee // have a ☕️ // beans // 13:54, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

Nominator has been inactive for over two weeks, but there's no reason to reject the nomination since the article is quite well written. ALT0 is verified in the sources, just not mentioned in the article. I've added a line in the article. I actually prefer ALT2. I've changed the wording from "encircling and destroying" to simply "defeating", per cited source. ALT2 good to go. ALT0 is ok too. -Zanhe (talk) 00:55, 25 February 2018 (UTC)