East Asia · Confederacies, Han and the steppe
Eastern Wu
229–280
Eastern Wu (229–280), founded by Sun Quan (r. 229–252) with capital at Jianye (Nanjing), controlled the lower Yangtze and southeast. It was the longest-lasting of the Three Kingdoms.
- Existed
- 229–280
- Shown on the map
- AD 207–282
- Peak area
- 1.4M km²
- Region
- East Asia
Overview
Eastern Wu (229–280), founded by Sun Quan (r. 229–252) with capital at Jianye (Nanjing), controlled the lower Yangtze and southeast. It was the longest-lasting of the Three Kingdoms. Naval power and the Yangtze defended it; it developed the south economically, expanded into Jiaozhi (Vietnam), and sent maritime expeditions. Weakened by succession strife after Sun Quan, it fell to the Western Jin in 280 under its last ruler Sun Hao.
Common questions
- What was Eastern Wu?
- Eastern Wu (229–280), founded by Sun Quan (r. 229–252) with capital at Jianye (Nanjing), controlled the lower Yangtze and southeast. It was the longest-lasting of the Three Kingdoms.
- When did Eastern Wu exist?
- Eastern Wu existed 229–280. On this map it is drawn AD 207–282.
- How large was Eastern Wu?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, Eastern Wu covered about 1.4 million km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia article for each polity as the basis of these profiles, supplemented by Encyclopaedia Britannica, chinaknowledge.de, the World History Encyclopedia, museum and university sources, and the academic works it lists. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Eastern Wu en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Wu
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