Dadu

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Dadu was the Yuan dynasty capital city established by Kublai Khan on the site of present-day Beijing, serving as the political and cultural center of his empire.

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Label Occurrences
Dadu canonical 15
Daidu 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Yuan dynasty capital
former national capital
historical city
alsoKnownAs Dadu
surface form: Daidu

Great Capital
Khanbaliq
Yuan Dadu
capitalOf Mongol Empire
surface form: Mongol Empire (in its later period)

Yuan dynasty
coordinateRelation roughly coincides with central districts of modern Beijing
country Yuan dynasty
designedBy Guo Shoujing
Liu Bingzhong
endTime 1368
event fell to Ming forces in 1368
foundedBy Kublai Khan
founder Kublai Khan
function cultural center of Yuan dynasty
political center of Yuan dynasty
governmentSeatOf Kublai Khan
hasCityLayoutType grid plan
orthogonal plan
hasPart Imperial City
Outer City
Palace City
historicalRegion Zhongdu
surface form: Zhongdu–Beijing area
inception 1267
locatedIn China
North China
Beijing
surface form: present-day Beijing
locatedOn North China Plain
notableFeature planned avenues aligned north–south and east–west
regular rectangular city walls
partOf Mongol Empire
Yuan dynasty
replaced Zhongdu
replacedBy Beijing
surface form: Beiping

Nanjing
surface form: Nanjing (as Ming primary capital)
startTime 1260s
successor Ming Beijing
timePeriod 13th century
14th century
usedLanguage Classical Chinese
Middle Persian language
surface form: Middle Persian (for administration)

Mongolian
usedScript Chinese characters
’Phags-pa script

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Kublai Khan deathPlace Dadu
Yuan dynasty capital Dadu
Temür Khan capital Dadu
Dadu alsoKnownAs Dadu
this entity surface form: Daidu
Khanbaliq hasAlternativeName Dadu
this entity surface form: Daidu
Zhizheng capitalDuring Dadu
Great Yuan capital Dadu
Da Yuan capital Dadu
Külüg Khan capital Dadu
Toghon Temür residence Dadu