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This question might be framed backwards: all cities were capital cities until polities got big enough and complex enough to support multiple cities. Maybe it's more helpful to ask when the concept of non-capital cities started. When did the power of a city first begin to extend beyond its immediate surroundings and over other cities? edit: typo
Beijing was indeed a new capital in 1949, because for the previous 22 years, China had been governed from either Nanjing or Chongqing. There were two reasons the capital was returned to Beijing: one practical, one symbolic. The practical reason is that the Chinese Communist Party's power base in the Chinese Civil War (1946-49) was in northern ...
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In anticipation of New Year’s Eve, 2014, Xi Jinping, the President of China and the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, permitted a camera crew to come into his office and record a ...
However, in 1127 the Mongols conquered North China, making Kaifeng no longer a sustainable capital city. During the Northern Song, Hangzhou, which you can see was at the bottom of the canal, had flourished in no small part due to overseas trade, and so with the fall of Kaifeng was an obvious place to move the capital to.
Known as ‘the House of Silk’, the city was one of the seven ancient capitals of China with silk fabrics uncovered in the region dating back 4,700 years to the Neolithic Liangzhu culture (3400-2250 BC).
At its height, Nineveh was arguably the most cultured and sophisticated city in the ancient Near East, but a combination of factors led to its quick demise. Dynastic quarrels within the Assyrian royal house precipitated the city’s decline, allowing Assyria’s many enemies to ally and eventually siege and sack the once great capital city of ...
Jun 22, 2021 · Kyoto was the capital city of Japan for more than a millennium, after its inception in 794AD. It’s one of the oldest cities of Japan, after all, so it only made sense that leaders have settled down there and created history. In the 8th century, Emperor Kanmu was the one that decided Kyoto to be the capital. Rulers after him would have the ...
