Historical capitals of China

China has had many capitals during its history. Especially some of the Shang and all of the Xia dynasty are currently not clearly assignable. They exist only in effect in the literature. On the other hand, there are also sites that must have been the main cities such as Erlitou, in which, however, can not be determined what they are exactly in the history of China.

  • Card with the supposed Xia capitals
  • Map of several major cities before the 20th century
  • Map of major cities in the 20th century
Shang dynasty Yinxu Western Zhou 256 BC Xianyang 221 BC 207 BC 206 BC 9 202 BC Liyang 200 BC 23 25 220 191 195 Xuchang 196 265 Cao Wei Chengdu 221 263 227 279 313 316 317 420 Datong 386 493 534 577 581 Western Wei 589 Sui dynasty Daxing District 618 907 904 923 936 960 918 1120 1122 1153 Beijing 1214 1233 Yinchuan 1038 1227 1127 1279 Karakorum 1260 1264 1368 Nanjing 1420 1644 1911 1912 1928 1927 1937 1940 1945 1938 Chongqing 1949 Guangzhou 1916 1917 1926 1931
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