Hedong Commandery
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Hedong Commandery was an ancient administrative region of imperial China located in what is now southern Shanxi Province, historically significant as a political and military center.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hedong (east of the Yellow River) | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | commandery ⓘ |
| abolishedInPeriod | Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| administrativeLevel | prefecture-level division ⓘ |
| bordered | Yellow River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital |
Anyang
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hejin NERFINISHED ⓘ Pingyang NERFINISHED ⓘ Puzhou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| establishedBy | State of Qin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| establishedInPeriod | Warring States period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| existedDuring |
Eastern Han dynasty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Han dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Jin dynasty (266–420) NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern dynasties ⓘ Qin dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Sui dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Three Kingdoms period NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Han dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadFunction |
local governance
ⓘ
military administration ⓘ tax collection ⓘ |
| hadJurisdictionOver | counties ⓘ |
| historicalCategory |
commandery of Han dynasty
ⓘ
commandery of Qin dynasty ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Hedong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | frontier commandery in some periods ⓘ |
| knownFor |
military importance
ⓘ
political importance ⓘ |
| locatedEastOf | Yellow River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Shanxi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southern Shanxi Province ⓘ |
| locatedOn | east bank of the Yellow River ⓘ |
| modernLocationCorrespondsTo |
Linfen region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yuncheng region NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Shanxi Province ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | east of the river ⓘ |
| partOf |
Han empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Qin empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Sui empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Tang empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType |
military center
ⓘ
political center ⓘ |
| strategicRole |
control of Yellow River crossings
ⓘ
defense of central plains ⓘ |
| successorAdministrativeUnit | prefectures of Sui and Tang dynasties ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hedong (east of the Yellow River)