Eastern Wu
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Wu, known in historiography as Eastern Wu or Sun Wu, was a dynastic state of China and one of the three major states that competed for supremacy over China during the Three Kingdoms period. It previou
A jar made in Eastern Wu dating to the Three Kingdoms period
Before the dynasty of Eastern Wu was established, the territory was defended by the Sun clan in the Battle of Red Cliffs.
Shu Han exported cotton into Eastern Wu.
Celadon Storehouse and Courtyard. Wu Kingdom.
Three Kingdoms
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The Three Kingdoms of Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu dominated China from 220 to 280 AD following the end of the Han dynasty. This period was preceded by the Eastern Han dynasty and was followed by
Eastern Wu
…historiography as Eastern Wu or Sun Wu, was a dynastic state of China and one of the three major states that competed for supremacy over China during the Three Kingdoms period. It previously existed from 220 to 222 AD as a vassal kingdom nominally under its rival state Cao Wei but declared complete independence in…
Bronze turtle holding a cup, Eastern Wu
Cao Zhi as depicted in Goddess of Luo River (detail) by Gu Kaizhi
Three Kingdoms in 262, on the eve of the conquest of Shu, Wei and Wu
Pottery dwelling around a large courtyard, a siheyuan. Unearthed in 1967 in a tomb of Hubei built during the kingdom of Eastern Wu, National Museum of China, Beijing