Chinese and Assyrian individuals: Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, Tiglath-Pileser, Sargon II and Ashurbanipal

What this note covers

1. Late Han collapse: the context for the Three Kingdoms leaders
2. Cao Cao: imperial warlord and administrator
3. Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang: legitimacy, loyalty and the state of Shu-Han
4. Neo-Assyrian kingship: the context for the Assyrian individuals
5. Tiglath-Pileser III and Sargon II: reformers and usurpers
6. Ashurbanipal: scholar-king, warrior and the empire's peak
7. Evidence and argument for China and Assyria

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