War of the Heavenly Horses

The War of the Heavenly Horses or the Han–Dayuan War was a military conflict fought in 104 BC and 102 BC between the Chinese Han dynasty and the Saka-ruled (Scythian) Greco-Bactrian Kingdom known to the Chinese as Dayuan, in the Ferghana Valley at the easternmost end of the former Persian Empire. The war was allegedly instigated by trade disputes compounded by the extended geopolitics surrounding the Han-Xiongnu Wars, resulting in two Han expeditions that eventuated in a Han victory, allowing Han China to expand its hegemony deep into Central Asia.

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event	war	103	War of the Heavenly Horses	war	Wikidata