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Chang'an and what it relates to. Every line is an evidence-backed relation, and the arrangement is fixed — this address draws this picture, today and next year.

modern_successor_of — Modern Xi'an stands on and beside the Han and Tang capital. The Tang city lies largely beneath it; the Han city lies several kilometres to the north-west. Same place, different names and different footprints.capital_at — Chang'an was the Tang capital from 618 to 907 and the eastern anchor of the corridor, hosting resident Sogdian, Persian, Turkic and Indian communities in its Western Market.attested_at — The stele of 781 records Alopen's arrival at the Tang capital in 635 and imperial permission to build a monastery there.Church of the East (Nestorian Christianity)Church of the East (Nesto…Chang'anChang'anXi'anXi'anTang EmpireTang Empire
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  1. Xi'an · modern_successor_of · Chang'an

    Modern Xi'an stands on and beside the Han and Tang capital. The Tang city lies largely beneath it; the Han city lies several kilometres to the north-west. Same place, different names and different footprints.

  2. Tang Empire · capital_at · Chang'an

    Chang'an was the Tang capital from 618 to 907 and the eastern anchor of the corridor, hosting resident Sogdian, Persian, Turkic and Indian communities in its Western Market.

  3. Church of the East (Nestorian Christianity) · attested_at · Chang'an

    The stele of 781 records Alopen's arrival at the Tang capital in 635 and imperial permission to build a monastery there.