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During the Three Kingdoms period (220â280 ce), Nanjingâthen known as Jianyeâgained significant importance as the political and cultural center of southeastern China.1
Its prominence was established when Sun Quan designated the city as the capital of the kingdom of Wu, a position it held from 229 to 280.12