Editing 126 BC (section)

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Syria ====
* [[Tyre (Lebanon)|Tyre]] successfully revolts from the [[Seleucid Empire]].
* [[Seleucus V Philometor]] succeeds his father Demetrius II as king of the [[Seleucid Empire]]. Due to his youth, his stepmother [[Cleopatra Thea]] acts as regent.

==== Xiongnu ====
* Winter 127/6: The Xiongnu ruler Junchen Chanyu dies, and his younger brother Yizhixie, the Luli King of the Left (East), overthrows Junchen's son Yudan and sets himself up as the new Chanyu. Yudan flees to the Han and dies a few months later.<ref>{{cite book|first=Sima|last= Qian|title=Records of the Grand Historian, Section: Xiongnu}}</ref>

==== China ====
* Summer: In retaliation for the [[Han dynasty|Han]] conquest of the [[Ordos Plateau]] in the previous year, the [[Xiongnu]] invade the province of Dai, kill its governor, Gong You, and capture over 1000 of its inhabitants. 
* Autumn: The Xiongnu cross into Yanmen and kill or capture over 1000 of the inhabitants.<ref>{{cite book|first=Hing Ming|last= Hung|title=The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty|year= 2020|isbn=978-1628944167|page= 141}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Sima|last= Qian|title=Records of the Grand Historian, Section: Xiongnu, Section: Wei Qing & Huo Qubing}}</ref>
* Having used the Xiongnu civil war to escape his imprisonment, the diplomat [[Zhang Qian]] returns to China and reports on the lands to the west.<ref>{{cite book|first=Hing Ming|last= Hung|title=The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty|year= 2020|isbn=978-1628944167|page= 146}}</ref>
* To avoid the Xiongnu and [[Qiang (historical people)|Qiang]] of the north-west and west respectively, Emperor Wu begins a policy of exploring a possible route of contact with [[Daxia]] ([[Bactria]]) via [[India]], sending envoys to establish diplomatic relations with and movement through the [[Dian Kingdom]]. Wu wishes to receive the submission of Daxia and other states in western Eurasia.<ref>{{cite book|first=Hing Ming|last= Hung|title=The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty|year= 2020|isbn=978-1628944167|pages= 150–151}}</ref>
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