Khanbalik

alternative Cambaluc · alternative Cambuluc · alternative Chanbalik · alternative Cambalik · alternative Cambalic · alternative Chanbalig · alternative Kambalig · alternative Khanbaliq · alternative Khanbalikh · alternative Khanbaligh · alternative Qanbaliq · alternative Kanbalu

1. historicalThe capital of the Mongolian Yuan dynasty, at the site of present-day Beijing.

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   Genghis Khan initiated Beijing's nearly 800-year dominance over the Middle Kingdom. The city's current population numbers ten million people, far more than lived here in 1215 A.D. when the Mongol warlord conquered the strategically significant power center of Yanying and built Khanbalik, his new residence.

   1999, “Beijing”, in The Book of the World, 2nd United States edition (Atlas), Macmillan, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 367

   Synonyms: Dadu, Daidu, Ta-tu, Beijing