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  2. Historical capitals of China - Wikipedia

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    Datong was the capital of the Northern Wei dynasty from 398 to 493. Emin was briefly the capital of the Western Liao dynasty from 1132 to 1134. Fenghao, located near present-day Xi'an, was the capital of the Western Zhou dynasty from 1046 BC to 771 BC. Fuzhou was briefly the capital of the Southern Ming dynasty from 1645 to 1646.

  3. List of former national capitals - Wikipedia

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    486. Under kings Childeric I and Clovis I, Tournai was the capital of the Frankish empire. In the year 486, Clovis moved the centre of power to Paris, as a result, the Low Countries region ceased to be the political centre of the Frankish empire. Kelmis. Neutral Moresnet. Belgium. 1816. 1919.

  4. Yinxu - Wikipedia

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    Yinxu (Mandarin pronunciation: [ín.ɕý]; Chinese: 殷墟; lit. 'Ruins of Yin') is a Chinese archeological site corresponding to Yin, the final capital of the Shang dynasty (c. 1600 – c. 1046 BCE). Located in present-day Anyang, Henan, Yin served as the capital during the Late Shang period (c. 1250 – c. 1046 BCE) which spanned the reigns ...

  5. Qing dynasty - Wikipedia

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    e. The Qing dynasty (/ tʃɪŋ / CHING), officially the Great Qing, [a] was a Manchu -led imperial dynasty of China and the last imperial dynasty in Chinese history. The dynasty, proclaimed in Shenyang in 1636, seized control of Beijing in 1644, which is considered the start of the dynasty's rule. [1] The dynasty lasted until 1912, when it was ...

  6. History of Beijing - Wikipedia

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    The city of Beijing has a long and rich history that dates back over 3,000 years. [11][12] Prior to the unification of China by the First Emperor in 221 BC, Beijing had been for centuries the capital of the ancient states of Ji and Yan. It was a provincial center in the earliest unified empires of China, Qin and Han.

  7. Names of Beijing - Wikipedia

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    Names of Beijing. " Beijing " is from pinyin Běijīng, which is romanized from 北京, the Chinese name for this city. The pinyin system of transliteration was approved by the Chinese government in 1958, but little used until 1979. It was gradually adopted by various news organizations, governments, and international agencies over the next decade.

  8. Chengde - Wikipedia

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    Chengde, formerly known as Jehol and Rehe, is a prefecture-level city in Hebei province, situated about 225 kilometres (140 mi) northeast of Beijing.It is best known as the site of the Mountain Resort, a vast imperial garden and palace formerly used by the Qing emperors as summer residence. [3]

  9. Beijing - Wikipedia

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    Beijing, [a] previously romanized as Peking, [b] is the capital of China. With more than 22 million residents, [11] it is the world's most populous national capital city as well as China's second largest city after Shanghai. [12] It is located in Northern China, and is governed as a municipality under the direct administration of the State ...