Yangcheng

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Yangcheng was an ancient Chinese city traditionally regarded as one of the earliest capitals of the Xia dynasty.

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instanceOf ancient Chinese city
former capital city
associatedWithConcept beginnings of Chinese dynastic history
associatedWithDynasty Xia dynasty NERFINISHED
capitalOf Xia dynasty (traditional attribution) NERFINISHED
country China
culture early Chinese civilization
describedIn ancient Chinese texts about the Xia dynasty
traditional Chinese historiography
era early 2nd millennium BCE (traditional chronology)
followedBy later Xia capitals
governedBy Xia kings (traditional accounts) NERFINISHED
hasLanguage Old Chinese NERFINISHED
hasStatus traditional rather than archaeologically confirmed capital
hasType walled city (traditional reconstruction)
historicalPeriod early Bronze Age China NERFINISHED
historicalStatus semi-legendary city
locatedIn Central China NERFINISHED
Henan Province NERFINISHED
mentionedAs early capital in narratives of Yu the Great and his successors
partOf Xia polity NERFINISHED
precededBy legendary pre-dynastic settlements
regardedAs early capital of the Xia dynasty
one of the earliest Chinese capitals
significance symbolic origin point of dynastic rule in China (traditional view)

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Xia dynasty capital Yangcheng