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Xenocrates biography (621 words) |
 | Xenocrates left Athens with Aristotle after Plato's death in 347 BC when they were both invited to Assos. |
| on Plato's death, but in 340 BC he sent for Xenocrates to return to Athens to prepare to become his successor. |
| In 322 BC Xenocrates found himself in a directly political post when he headed a team negotiating a political settlement with Macedonia. |
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The Qin Dynasty On-line Source Book (725 words) |
| c.261 BC Lu Buwei, a merchant from Zhao, befriends Prince Zichu, future king of Qin and father of the First Emperor, while the latter was a hostage in Han Dan, capital of the state of Zhao. |
| 257 BC The Qin army is forced to raise the seige of Handan, capital of the state of Zhao in the Hebei region. |
| 249 BC The petty realm of Eastern Zhou in the Henan region is annexed, marking the end of the Zhou Dynasty. |
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