Eastern Wu

Eastern Wu was a state in South China and Taiwan (East Asia) that lasted from 229 to 280 CE, about 51 years. Its people spoke Chinese languages (Sinitic languages).

The Three Kingdoms state of Sun Quan on the lower Yangtze, which with Liu Bei stopped Cao Cao at Red Cliffs in 208. It opened the south to settlement and fell to the Jin in 280.

See Eastern Wu on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

229 to 280 CE

Duration

51 years

Type

State

Region

South China and Taiwan, East Asia

Language family

Chinese

Capital

Jianye (Nanjing)

Came from

• Eastern Han 25 to 220 CE

Neighbours in East Asia

• Silla 57 BCE to 668 CE
• Goguryeo 37 BCE to 668 CE
• Baekje 18 BCE to 660 CE
• Kofun period c. 250 to 538 CE
• Western Jin 266 to 316 CE
• Cao Wei 220 to 266 CE
• Shu Han 221 to 263 CE
• Zhangzhung c. 500 BCE to 644 CE
• Buyeo c. 200 BCE to 494 CE
• Gaya confederacy c. 42 to 562 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Sasanian Empire 224 to 651 CE, Middle East
• Roman Empire 27 BCE to 395 CE, Europe
• Kushan Empire c. 30 to 375 CE, South Asia

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