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Chang'an (长安; 長安, Pinyin: Cháng'ān, Wade-Giles: Ch'ang-an, now Xi'an, Shaanxi) is the ancient capital of more than 10 dynasties in China. "Chang'an" means "Perpetual Peace" in Classical Chinese. The site of Chang'an of Han Dynasty is located in northwest of Xi'an. Another site, Chang'an of Tang Dynasty, includes the area inside the walls of Xi'an , small parts of eastern, western and major part of southern suburbs of nowaday Xi'an city. It is as big as 8 times of the Xi'an city in the Ming Dynasty, which was reconstructed on the basis of the imperial city of Sui and Tang Dynasty. Chang'an was one of the largest and the most populous cities in the world.
The city site was located 5 km away from Xi'an in the northwest. As the capital of the Western Han Dynasty, it was the centre of China's politics, economy and culture, the start of the Silk Road and an international metropolis which was comparable with the city of RomeRome ( Italian and Latin Roma is the capital city of Italy, and of its Lazio region. It is located on the lower Tiber river, near the Mediterranean Sea, at 41°50'N, 12°15'E. The Vatican City State, a sovereign enclave within Rome, is the seat of the Roman at that time.
The construction of the city can be divided into 3 periods over more than 90 years. The Emperor Gao of Han Liu Bang decided to build the palaces before the city walls. In 202 BCCenturies: 2nd century BC 3rd century BC 4th century BC Decades: 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC Years: 207 BC 206 BC 205 BC 204 BC 203 BC 202 BC 201 BC 200 BC 199 BC 198 BC 197 BC Events October 19 Scipio Africanus Major defeats H, he repaired the Xingle Palace (兴乐宫) of the Qin DynastyThe Qin Dynasty or Ch'in Dynasty ( Wade-Giles) ( 221 BC 207/ 206 BC) preceded by the Zhou Dynasty and followed by the Han Dynasty in China. Qin is sometimes spelt as Chin and is a possible origin of the word "China". See also: China in world languages). and renamed it to Changle Palace (长乐宫). Two years later, a new palace called Weiyang (未央宫) was constructed. In 195 BCCenturies: 3rd century BC 2nd century BC 1st century BC Decades: 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC 140s BC Years: 200 BC 199 BC 198 BC 197 BC 196 BC 195 BC 194 BC 193 BC 192 BC 191 BC 190 BC Events Cato the El, his son, Emperor Hui of HanFormat of naming convention in English is under discussion at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Chinese). Emperor Hui of Han China ch. py. han hui d wg. Han Hui-ti ( 210 BC 188 BC) was the second emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty. Personal information F begun the construction of the walls of Chang'an and finished them in September of 191 BCCenturies: 3rd century BC 2nd century BC 1st century BC Decades: 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC 140s BC Years: 196 BC 195 BC 194 BC 193 BC 192 BC 191 BC 190 BC 189 BC 188 BC 187 BC 186 BC Events The Roman c. Emperor Hui, Emperor Wu of HanEmperor Wu of Han China (, pinyin: Han Wudi, Wade-Giles. Han Wu-ti;) ( 156 BC March 29, 87 BC) was the sixth emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty, ruling from 141 BC to 87 BC. A military compaigner, Han China reached its greatest expansion under his reign, then built several palaces in the city. At that time, Zhang Qian went to the west as a diplomat of the Empire of Han. Chang'an city became a bridge between Asia and Europe as the eastern start of the famous Silk Road. In 2 AD , more than 240,000 people lived in Chang'an. After the Western Han, the Eastern Han government made Luoyang the capital and renamed Chang'anto Xijing (western capital) (China had, for cosmological reasons, always four "capitals"). After the Eastern Han, many dynasties regarded Chang'an city as the capital. In 582, emperor of the Sui Dyansty selected a place in the southeast of it to build a new capital which he called Daxing city (renamed as Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty). The Chang'an city of Han was abandoned.