Wu

ancient Chinese state under the Zhou dynasty centered on Suzhou (then known as Wu)
Country ancient_chinese_state Q912068
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Wu

Summary

Wu is an ancient Chinese state[1]. Wu ranks in the top 9% of ancient_chinese_state entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (244 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wu's religion is recorded as Chinese folk religion[3].
  • Wu's instance of is recorded as ancient Chinese state[4].
  • Wu's capital is recorded as Wu County[5].
  • Wu's currency is recorded as ancient Chinese coinage[6].
  • Wu's basic form of government is recorded as monarchy[7].
  • Wu's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 237834028[8].
  • Wu's GND ID is recorded as 4289470-0[9].
  • Wu's Commons category is recorded as Wu (state)[10].
  • -0900-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Wu[11].
  • Wu was dissolved in -0473-01-01T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Wu's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 31.3, 'lon': 120.6}[13].
  • Wu's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yzvz[14].
  • Wu's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wu (state)[15].
  • Wu's described by source is recorded as Records of the Grand Historian[16].
  • Wu's replaced by is recorded as Yue[17].
  • Wu's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Wu-Yue[18].
  • Wu's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 149399[19].

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Designation and Status

Wu's instance of is recorded as ancient Chinese state[4]. Wu's religion is recorded as Chinese folk religion[3].

History and Context

-0900-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Wu[11].

Why It Matters

Wu ranks in the top 9% of ancient_chinese_state entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (244 views/month).[2] Wu has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Wu is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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