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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| 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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this entity surface form:
Daidu
this entity surface form:
Daidu