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was one of three kingdoms which controlled Okinawa in the 14th century. Okinawa, previously controlled by a number of local chieftains or lords, loosely bound by a paramount chieftain or king of the entire island, split into these three more solidly defined kingdoms within a few years after 1314; the Sanzan period thus began, and would end roughly one hundred years later, when Chūzan's King Shō Hashi conquered Hokuzan in 1419 and Nanzan in 1429.

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Country.native_name
中山
Country.conventional_long_name
Kingdom of Chūzan
Country.common_name
Chuzan
Country.government_type
Monarchy
Country.year_start
1314
Country.year_end
1429
Country.event_end
Ryukyuan unification
Country.event_post
Japanese invasion
Country.date_post
5 April 1609
Country.p1
Gusuku periodLordship of Urasoe
Country.s1
Ryukyu Kingdom
Country.image_map
Ryukyu Kingdoms of Sanzan era.jpg
Country.image_map_caption
Map of the Three Kingdoms (Sanzan) of Okinawa, with Chūzan in purple
Country.capital
Urasoe
Country.common_languages
Ryukyuan, Chinese
Country.religion
Ryukyuan religion
Country.leader1
Tamagusuku
Country.year_leader1
1314–1336

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1314-00-00
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1429-01-01
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was one of three kingdoms which controlled Okinawa in the 14th century. Okinawa, previously controlled by a number of local chieftains or lords, loosely bound by a paramount chieftain or king of the entire island, split into these three more solidly defined kingdoms within a few years after 1314; the Sanzan period thus began, and would end roughly one hundred years later, when Chūzan's King Shō Hashi conquered Hokuzan in 1419 and Nanzan in 1429.

The united Okinawan state was called the Ryūkyū Kingdom, but would continue to be referred to as "Chūzan" in various official documents of the Ryukyuan royal government, and those of many other states in the region.

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