Zhongdu

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Zhongdu was the historical capital city of the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty in northern China, located in what is now part of modern Beijing.

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Label Occurrences
Zhongdu canonical 12
Zhongdu–Beijing area 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former city
historical capital city
administrativeLevel imperial capital
archaeologicalStatus partially excavated site
associatedWithPeople Jurchen people
associatedWithState Jin dynasty
surface form: Great Jin
capitalOf Jin dynasty
chineseName 中都
conqueredBy Genghis Khan NERFINISHED
Mongol-Tatar troops
surface form: Mongol forces
conquestDate 1215
country Jin dynasty
destroyedBy Mongol Empire
function economic center of Jin dynasty
military center of Jin dynasty
political center of Jin dynasty
geopoliticalContext rival of Southern Song dynasty
target of Mongol expansion
heritageStatus recognized historical site in Beijing
historicalEra 12th century
13th century
literalMeaning Central Capital
locatedIn Beijing
surface form: Beijing Municipality

modern Beijing
North China
surface form: northern China
locatedInTime Jin dynasty
surface form: Jin dynasty period
locatedOn north of Yongding River
modernSite Fengtai District, Beijing NERFINISHED
Haidian District, Beijing NERFINISHED
Xicheng District, Beijing NERFINISHED
partOf Jin dynasty capital system
history of Beijing
predecessorCapital Shangjing
region North China Plain
roleInHistory precursor of modern Beijing
rulingDynasty Jin dynasty
rulingEthnicGroup Jurchen
successorCapital Dadu
Khanbaliq
successorCityOnSite Yuan Dadu
surface form: Ming Beijing

Beijing
surface form: Qing Beijing

Yuan Dadu
urbanPlanningInfluence influenced layout of later Beijing
urbanType walled city
usedAsCapitalBy Emperor Shizong of Jin
Emperor Zhangzong of Jin

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jin dynasty capital Zhongdu
Dadu replaced Zhongdu
Dadu historicalRegion Zhongdu
this entity surface form: Zhongdu–Beijing area
Khanbaliq replaced Zhongdu
Jurchen capitalOfJinDynasty Zhongdu
Caizhou predecessorCapital Zhongdu
Shangjing successorCapital Zhongdu