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    Zhongdu (中都; 'Central capital') was the capital of the Jin dynasty (1115–1234) of China, located in modern-day Beijing, specifically in southwestern part...
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  • Zhongdu is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese characters 中都, meaning "Central Capital". It may refer to: Zhongdu, the capital of the Jurchen Jin Dynasty...
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    and Zhongdu fell to the Mongols in 1215. Jurchen Princess Qiguo was married to Genghis Khan in exchange for relieving the Mongol siege upon Zhongdu (Beijing)...
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    Wade–Giles: Nan-ching Zhongdu: During the 12th-century Later Jin dynasty, it was known as Zhongdu. Chinese: 中都; pinyin: Zhōngdū; lit. 'Central Capital'...
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    lasted for four years and ended in 1215 with the capture of the Jin capital Zhongdu. His general Jebe annexed the Central Asian state of Qara Khitai in 1218...
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    Zhongdu Wetlands Park (traditional Chinese: 中都濕地公園; simplified Chinese: 中都湿地公园; pinyin: Zhōngdū Shīdì Gōngyuán) is a wetland in Zhongdu Region, Sanmin...
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    China. In 1153, the Jurchen Jin made Beijing their "Central Capital", or Zhongdu. The city was besieged by Genghis Khan's invading Mongolian army in 1213...
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    of court officials and a new palace city built at Dadu and Zhongdu (the ruins of Zhongdu in Zhangbei County can be seen until today). In 1308 the Goryeo...
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    northwest of the Juyong Pass, which was the gateway towards the Jin capital of Zhongdu (中都, lit. "central capital"; present-day Beijing); it was also at the plain...
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  • North China. After Emperor Xuanzong fled south to Kaifeng, the city of Zhongdu fell to the Mongols after a long siege on 31 May 1215. Although the city...
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    Jin "eastern capital", and in 1213 they besieged the "central capital", Zhongdu (present-day Beijing). In 1214 the Jin made a humiliating treaty but retained...
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    Temür in Ongghuchad (Onggachatu), where Tugh Temur had built the city of Zhongdu. He suddenly died only 4 days after a banquet with Tugh Temür. The Yuan...
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    missionary to China Rabban Bar Sauma, Uyghur Nestorian Christian monk from Zhongdu (Khanbaliq, modern Beijing) who led a Mongol diplomatic mission to medieval...
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  • 340,000 in the surrounding region to 1.6 million). Genghis Khan at Zhongdu Zhongdu served as the Jin capital for more than 60 years, until the onslaught...
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    According to the Yuanshi, Ögedei Khan twice ordered the armillary sphere of Zhongdu to be repaired (in 1233 and 1236) and also ordered in 1234 the revision...
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  • to Genghis Khan in exchange for his relieving of the Mongol siege upon Zhongdu (Beijing) in the Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty. Broadbridge 2018,...
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    Khanbaliq in 1264, constructing a new city near the former Jurchen capital Zhongdu, now modern Beijing, in 1266. In 1271, Kublai formally claimed the Mandate...
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    the majority of the Khitan Yelu Tuhua's army, while Juyin soldiers from Zhongdu made up Chalaer's army and Khitan made up Uyar's army. Chalaer, Yelu Tuhua...
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    It was actually in use among the Turks and Mongols before the fall of Zhongdu, in reference to the Jin emperors of Manchuria. It is traditionally written...
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    There are older Taiye Lakes in Beijing, too. In 1151, Beijing (known as Zhongdu) became the capital city of the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty. The emperor Wanyan...
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    and besieged Zhongdu, the capital of the Jin, in 1213. The Mongols were not able to penetrate the walls of the city in the Battle of Zhongdu, but intimidated...
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    China before Kublai moved his throne to the former Jin dynasty capital of Zhōngdū (Chinese: 中都; lit. 'Middle Capital') which was renamed Khanbaliq (present-day...
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  • the capital, Zhongdu (中都; present-day Xicheng and Fengtai districts of Beijing). In the ninth month, Wanyan Congjia returned to Zhongdu and was crowned...
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  • Mongol leader Genghis Khan in exchange for relieving the Mongol siege upon Zhongdu (Beijing) in the Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty. The Yuan grouped people...
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  • of Gaoliang River (979), between the Liao and Song dynasties Battle of Zhongdu (1215), between the Mongols and the Jurchen Jin dynasty Battle of Dadu...
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  • virtually all the territories north of the Yellow River in China including Zhongdu, the Jin Dynasty capital. When Ögedei Khan succeeded his father, he continued...
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    the southern gate of Zhongdu's imperial city, and renamed Xuanyangmen. China portal History portal History of Beijing Youzhou Zhongdu Khanbaliq Until the...
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  • territory to the Mongols, the Jurchens moved their capital south from Zhongdu to Kaifeng. The Jin emperor Wanyan Yongji's daughter, Jurchen Princess...
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  • The Jurchen-led Jin dynasty, from the 1160s to 1215, when it was called Zhongdu ("Central Capital"). The Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), when it was called Dadu...
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    of itself). They were used by the Jin dynasty in China at the Battle of Zhongdu to slow down the advance of Genghis Khan's army; Joan of Arc was wounded...
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