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Imperial capital of the Han (as Western Han capital, 202 BCE-9 CE) and of the Tang (618-907), and the eastern anchor of the overland routes.
34.3, 108.9 · approximate · 202 BCE - 904 CE as an imperial capital
On the world
- A place in: Silk Road · 9 places
Lines mark links and orders the records assert; no path between any two places is recorded, and none is drawn.
Connections
- is modern successor of of Xi'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.
- is capital at of Tang Empire — 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.
- is attested at of Church of the East (Nestorian Christianity) — The stele of 781 records Alopen's arrival at the Tang capital in 635 and imperial permission to build a monastery there.
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