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    Datong (redirect from Pingcheng)
    dynasty, during which it was known as Pingcheng County (平城县) and formed part of the Qin commandery of Yanmen. Pingcheng County continued under the Han dynasty...
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  • Pingcheng District (simplified Chinese: 平城区; traditional Chinese: 平城區; pinyin: Píngchéng Qū), formerly known as Chengqu (城区; 城區; Chéngqū) or Cheng District...
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  • The Battle of Baideng (白登之戰) was a military conflict between Han China and the Xiongnu in 200 BC. In an alternate account, Grousset says that the Xiongnu...
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    during the Northern Wei dynasty near the city of Datong, then called Pingcheng, in the province of Shanxi. They are excellent examples of rock-cut architecture...
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    and Han. In 494, Emperor Xiaowen moved the Northern Wei capital from Pingcheng (平城, in modern Datong, Shanxi) to Luoyang, a city long acknowledged as...
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    Datong–Zhangjiakou high-speed railway, located in Shuibosi township, Pingcheng District, Datong, Shanxi, China, opening on December 30, 2019. The station...
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    dynasty to the south for a time. In 398, Tuoba Gui relocated the capital to Pingcheng, and in 399, he elevated his title to Emperor of Wei. After Tuoba Gui...
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    Northern Wei: Constructing Material Cultural Expressions in the Northern Wei Pingcheng Period (398–494 CE) (PhD). University of Oxford. p. 1. "Da Hinggan Range"...
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    591 Xinghualing District 6 3 1 140200 Datong city 14,102.01 3,318,057 Pingcheng District 4 6 140300 Yangquan city 4,569.91 1,368,502 Cheng District 3...
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  • sent gifts to bribe the Xiongnu to stop attacking. After the defeat at Pingcheng in 200 BC, the Han emperor abandoned a military solution to the Xiongnu...
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