Chu
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A river of southeast Kazakhstan flowing about 1,126 km (700 mi) from the Tian Shan generally northeastward into the desert.
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One of the states contending for power in China, 770221 . Chu emerged in the 8th century in the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) valley. It struggled with other states for supreme control over China in the 3rd century but lost out to Qin, which formed the first great Chinese empire.
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