Notices tagged with dadu
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Erkan Yılmaz (erkanyilmaz)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2014 16:13:55 EST Erkan Yılmaz nice panorama view! (not incl.) "In 1271, Kublai Khan declared the creation of the Yuan Dynasty and named his capital #Dadu (#大都, Chinese for "Grand Capital", or Daidu to the Mongols). It is also known by the Mongol name #Khanbaliq (汗八里), spelled Cambuluc in Marco Polo's account. Construction ... began in 1267 and ... the entire palace complex was completed in 1…