Cao County
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Cao County or Caoxian is a county of southwestern Shandong
province, People's Republic of China, bordering Henan
province to the west. It is under the administration of Heze
City.
The population of the county was in 1999.
Bo, one of the capitals of the Shang dynasty
, lay in what is now Cao.
Prior to the Boxer rebellion
, Cao was an area noted for its lawlessnes, and during the Qing dynasty
, when local garrisons were weakened due to the First Sino-Japanese War
, a militia known as the Dadaohui ("Great World Company") was set up, which operated until 1895, and may have inspired some of the Boxer rebellion.
Shandong
' is a Province located on the eastern coast of the People's Republic of China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history from the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River and served as a pivotal cultural and religious site for Taoism, Chinese...
province, People's Republic of China, bordering Henan
Henan
Henan , is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "豫" , named after Yuzhou , a Han Dynasty state that included parts of Henan...
province to the west. It is under the administration of Heze
Heze
Heze is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. The westernmost prefecture-level city in Shandong, it borders Jining to the east and the provinces of Henan and Anhui to the west and south respectively. The old name of Heze was Caozhou and now a part...
City.
The population of the county was in 1999.
Bo, one of the capitals of the Shang dynasty
Shang Dynasty
The Shang Dynasty or Yin Dynasty was, according to traditional sources, the second Chinese dynasty, after the Xia. They ruled in the northeastern regions of the area known as "China proper" in the Yellow River valley...
, lay in what is now Cao.
Prior to the Boxer rebellion
Boxer Rebellion
The Boxer Rebellion, also called the Boxer Uprising by some historians or the Righteous Harmony Society Movement in northern China, was a proto-nationalist movement by the "Righteous Harmony Society" , or "Righteous Fists of Harmony" or "Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists" , in China between...
, Cao was an area noted for its lawlessnes, and during the Qing dynasty
Qing Dynasty
The Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China....
, when local garrisons were weakened due to the First Sino-Japanese War
First Sino-Japanese War
The First Sino-Japanese War was fought between Qing Dynasty China and Meiji Japan, primarily over control of Korea...
, a militia known as the Dadaohui ("Great World Company") was set up, which operated until 1895, and may have inspired some of the Boxer rebellion.