Cambaluc

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Cambaluc is the historical name, used especially by medieval Europeans, for Khanbaliq, the capital city of the Yuan dynasty located on the site of present-day Beijing.

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Label Occurrences
Cambaluc canonical 1
Cambalucum 1

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf exonym
historical city name
alternativeNameOf Dadu
associatedDynasty Mongol Empire
Yuan dynasty
capitalOf Yuan dynasty
continent Asia
correspondsToModernCity Beijing
historicalCartography appears on medieval European maps
historicalPeriod Yuan dynasty
historicalStatus imperial capital
languageOfName medieval European languages
locatedIn China
locatedInPresentDay Beijing
mentionedBy Marco Polo
nameEtymology derived from Mongolian "Khanbaliq" meaning "City of the Khan"
notableFeature seat of the Great Khan during the Yuan dynasty
predecessorCityName Zhongdu
refersTo Khanbaliq
capital of the Yuan dynasty
historic city on the site of present-day Beijing
region North China
role administrative center of the Yuan dynasty
political center of the Yuan dynasty
successorCityName Beijing
timeAsCapitalEnd 14th century
timeAsCapitalStart late 13th century
urbanType planned capital city
usedBy medieval Europeans
usedIn Middle Ages

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khanbaliq hasAlternativeName Cambaluc
Khanbaliq hasAlternativeName Cambalucum
linked to: Cambaluc