Visual Timeline: The Art of War

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512 BCE - 506 BCE: The Wu Chu wars in China between the States of Wu and Chu.
 
 
506 BCE: The Battle of Boju at which the Wu forces under Sun-Tzu defeated the Chu.
 
 
500 BCE: Probable life of Sun-Tzu, Military Strategist, author of The Art of War.
 
 
481 BCE - 221 BCE: The Warring States Period in China, suggested time-period for composition of The Art of War.
 
 
 
 
 
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