Kublai Khan builds Dadu
1267 · Event
Kublai begins a new walled capital beside the ruins of the Jin capital — Khanbaliq, 'the Khan's city' to the Mongols and Marco Polo, and the core of modern Beijing.
On these timelines: Mongol Empire, China, Master, The Silk Road & the Steppe
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