Eastern Wu
Also known as Dong Wu, Sun Wu, San guo Wu, Three Kingdoms Wu, Wu Kingdom
one of the Three Kingdoms of China (222-280)
Key facts
- 238
- 2,567,000 (disputed)
- 280
- 2,535,000 (disputed)
- Capital
- Wuchang , (222–229, 265–266) , Jianye , (229–265, 266–280)
- Common languages
- Eastern Han Chinese , Old Jiangdong Chinese, Proto-Wu Chinese
- Religion
- Taoism Confucianism Chinese folk religion
- Government
- Monarchy
- Nov 222 may 252
- Sun Quan
- May 252 nov 258
- Sun Liang
- Nov 258 sep 264
- Sun Xiu
- Sep 264 may 280
- Sun Hao
- Historical era
- Three Kingdoms
- Conquest of wu by jin
- 31 May 280 AD
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Today part of China Vietnam
Tanner (2009) estimates the Wu population to be about one-sixth of the Han population. This would be much more than the numbers given in 238 and 280, and could be because of census methods used in ancient China.