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Nanjing
Skyline of central Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China.
During the Three Kingdoms period (220–280 ce), the city of Nanjing was known as Jianye.12
It served as the political and cultural center of southeastern China when Sun Quan established it as the capital of the kingdom of Wu from 229 to 280.12