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===Antiquity=== The western part of modern-day Shanghai was inhabited 6,000 years ago.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://museum.shqp.gov.cn/gb/content/2009-03/03/content_238558.htm|title=The Shanghainese of 6000 Years Ago β the Majiabang Culture|publisher=Shanghai Qingpu Museum|access-date=24 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104183445/http://museum.shqp.gov.cn/gb/content/2009-03/03/content_238558.htm|archive-date=4 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> During the [[Spring and Autumn period]] (approximately 771 to 476 BC), it belonged to the [[Wu (state)|Kingdom of Wu]], which was conquered by the [[Yue (state)|Kingdom of Yue]], which in turn was conquered by the Kingdom of Chu.<ref name="ancient">{{cite web |title=Ancient History |url = http://shanghai.cultural-china.com/html/History-of-Shanghai/History/Brief-History/200810/16-218.html |website=cultural-china.com |access-date=26 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130616022620/http://shanghai.cultural-china.com/html/History-of-Shanghai/History/Brief-History/200810/16-218.html |archive-date=16 June 2013}}</ref> During the [[Warring States period]] (475 BC), Shanghai was part of the fief of [[Lord Chunshen]] of Chu, one of the [[Four Lords of the Warring States]]. He ordered the excavation of the [[Huangpu River]]. Its former or poetic name, the Chunshen River, gave Shanghai its nickname of "ShΔn".<ref name="ancient" /> Fishermen living in the Shanghai area then created a fish tool called the ''hΓΉ'', which lent its name to the outlet of Suzhou Creek north of the [[Old City of Shanghai|Old City]] and became a common nickname and [[Chinese abbreviations|abbreviation]] for the city.<ref>{{cite web |script-title=zh:"η³"γ"ζ²ͺ"ηη±ζ₯ |url=http://www.shanghai.gov.cn/nw2/nw2314/nw3766/nw3767/nw3768/u1aw12.html |website=shanghai.gov.cn |access-date=1 October 2019 |language=zh-cn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001111540/http://www.shanghai.gov.cn/nw2/nw2314/nw3766/nw3767/nw3768/u1aw12.html |archive-date=1 October 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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