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Yuan Dadu

Type Object Region China Time 1267–1368

The new capital built by Kublai Khan northeast of Yanjing, also known as Khanbaliq, was the political, economic, and cultural center of the Yuan dyna…

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  1. 1267–1274Site of Dadu · BeijingKublai Khan ordered Liu Bingzhong to oversee the construction of a new capital northeast of Yanjing, in the northeastern suburbs of the Jin Zhongdu, building city walls, digging moats, and laying out the city skeleton on a grid street plan.
  2. 1271–1292Palace city of Yuan Dadu · BeijingDuring the Zhiyuan era the imperial city and palace city were successively completed; in 1271 the state name was changed to Yuan and Dadu was made the capital, becoming the core of Yuan rule, gathering the court, government offices, and populations of many peoples.
  3. 1291–1300Yuan Dadu · BeijingBy the late 13th century Dadu's population exceeded one million, its markets were prosperous, canal grain flowed into the city, and foreign visitors such as Marco Polo described its magnificent scale, the city being at the height of the Yuan era.

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