Beijing
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- Names
Beijing
Peking
Pékin
Pei-Ching
Pei-ching
Pei-p'ing
Peiching
Pekin
Pechino
Peiping
Peip'ing
Ch'i
Khanbalik
Cambaluc
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Was the capital of the powerful Mongolian monarchy in the 10th and 12th centuries. It was replaced and reinstalled as the national capital several times over the centuries. It was damaged by occupying European forces in 1860. It was a battleground in the Chinese-Japanese war 1937-1945; the city surrendered to the Communists in 1949.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- BHA, Authority file (1973-); Canby, Historic Places (1984); Cassell's Italian Dictionary (1983); Columbia Encyclopedia (1975); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1976); NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998); Statesman's Year Book (1989); Times Atlas of World History (1993); Times Atlas of the World (1985); Times Atlas of the World (1992); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984);
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