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Place

Suzhou

Also known as

Gran Ciudad de Helu
Soo Chow
Soochoo
Soochow
Soochow
Soochow

Image illustrating Suzhou — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Suzhousee Wikimedia Commons

This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

Connected to

in countryPeople's Republic of China1949 CE
birthplace ofAdam Dong1994 CE
birthplace ofAlfred Sao-ke Sze1877 CE
containsBeima Yang
birthplace ofCai Yun1980 CE
place of death ofChang Ping-lin1868 CE
birthplace ofChen Huan1786 CE
birthplace ofDing Wei966 CE
birthplace ofDu Mu1458 CE
birthplace ofEmpress Bo2nd c. BCE
birthplace ofEmpress Zhu3rd c. CE
birthplace ofFan Chengda1126 CE

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