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Tang Chang'an

Type Object Region China Time 582–700

Tang Chang'an was the capital built by the Sui and Tang on the north bank of the Wei River in Guanzhong, converted from the Sui's Daxing city;…

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  1. 582–604Daxing city · GuanzhongEmperor Wen of Sui ordered Yuwen Kai to build a new capital, Daxing city, southeast of Han Chang'an, adopting strict axial symmetry and the ward system, establishing the basic layout of the later Chang'an.
  2. 618–626Chang'an city · GuanzhongAfter founding the Tang, Li Yuan established the capital at Chang'an, renaming it the imperial capital, and expanded the palace city and imperial city on the Sui foundation, establishing its status as the political center of the Tang.
  3. 627–700Chang'an city · GuanzhongDuring the Zhenguan and Kaiyuan periods, Chang'an had over a million inhabitants; the Eastern and Western Markets teemed with merchants, and envoys and monks from Persia, the Abbasid caliphate, Silla, and elsewhere came and went without cease, making it the most prosperous international metropolis of seventh-century East Asia.

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