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Chu (state) Summary

One of the states contending for power in China, 770–221 &BC;.

Chu emerged in the 8th century &BC; in the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) valley. It struggled with other states for supreme control over China in the 3rd century &BC; but lost out to Qin, which formed the first great Chinese empire.

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