Capitals of China in History

Can you name the capital cities of all major dynasties and regimes in Chinese history, since the unification of China by the Qin dynasty in 221 BC?

Cities are shown in the names they were historically known as, with their modern names in parentheses

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Time	Dynasty / Regime	Capital City
221 ~ 206 BC	Qin Dynasty	Xianyang
206 ~ 202 BC	Western Chu Dynasty	Pengcheng (Xuzhou)
202 BC ~ 9 AD	Western Han Dynasty	Chang'an (Xi'an)
9 ~ 23 AD	Xin Dynasty	Chang'an (Xi'an)
23 ~ 190 AD	Eastern Han Dynasty	Luoyang
190 ~ 196 AD	Eastern Han Dynasty	Chang'an (Xi'an)
196 ~ 220 AD	Eastern Han Dynasty	Xuchang
220 ~ 265 AD	Wei Dynasty	Luoyang
221 ~ 263 AD	Shu Han Dynasty	Chengdu
229 ~ 280 AD	Wu Dynasty	Jianye (Nanjing)
265 ~ 313 AD	Western Jin Dynasty	Luoyang
313 ~ 317 AD	Western Jin Dynasty	Chang'an (Xi'an)
317 ~ 420 AD	Eastern Jin Dynasty	Jiankang (Nanjing)
398 ~ 493 AD	Northern Wei Dynasty	Pingchen (Datong)
493 ~ 534 AD	Northern Wei Dynasty	Luoyang
534 ~ 550 AD	Eastern Wei Dynasty	Yecheng
535 ~ 556 AD	Western Wei Dynasty	Chang'an (Xi'an)
550 ~ 577 AD	Northern Qi Dynasty	Yecheng
557 ~ 581 AD	Northern Zhou Dynasty	Chang'an (Xi'an)
420 ~ 479 AD	Song Dynasty	Jiankang (Nanjing)
479 ~ 502 AD	Qi Dynasty	Jiankang (Nanjing)
502 ~ 557 AD	Liang Dynasty	Jiankang (Nanjing)
557 ~ 589 AD	Chen Dynasty	Jiankang (Nanjing)
581 ~ 618 AD	Sui Dynasty	Daxing (Xi'an)
618 ~ 690 AD	Tang Dynasty	Chang'an (Xi'an)
690 ~ 705 AD	Wu Zhou Dynasty	Luoyang
705 ~ 904 AD	Tang Dynasty	Chang'an (Xi'an)
880 ~ 884 AD	Huang Qi Dynasty	Chang'an (Xi'an)
904 ~ 907 AD	Tang Dynasty	Luoyang
907 ~ 923 AD	Hou Liang Dynasty	Luoyang
923 ~ 936 AD	Hou Tang Dynasty	Luoyang
936 ~ 947 AD	Hou Jin Dynasty	Luoyang
947 ~ 951 AD	Hou Han Dynasty	Bianzhou (Kaifeng)
951 ~ 960 AD	Hou Zhou Dynasty	Bianzhou (Kaifeng)
947 ~ 1125 AD	Liao Dynasty	Shangjing (Linhuang)
960 ~ 1127 AD	Northern Song Dynasty	Dongjing (Kaifeng)
1038 ~ 1227 AD	Western Xia Dynasty	Xingqing (Yinchuan)
1115 ~ 1153 AD	Jin Dynasty	Shangjing (Harbin)
1153 ~ 1214 AD	Jin Dynasty	Zhongdu (Beijing)
1214 ~ 1234 AD	Jin Dynasty	Bianjing (Kaifeng)
1127 ~ 1276 AD	Southern Song Dynasty	Lin'an (Hangzhou)
1271 ~ 1368 AD	Yuan Dynasty	Dadu (Beijing)
1368 ~ 1421 AD	Ming Dynasty	Yingtianfu (Nanjing)
1421 ~ 1644 AD	Ming Dynasty	Beijing
1636 ~ 1644 AD	Qing Dynasty	Shengjing (Shenyang)
1644 ~ 1645 AD	Shun Dynasty	Chang'an (Xi'an)
1644 ~ 1912 AD	Qing Dynasty	Beijing
1851 ~ 1864 AD	Taiping Heavenly Kingdom	Tianjing (Nanjing)
1911 ~ 1912 AD	Republic of China	Nanjing
1912 ~ 1915 AD	Republic of China	Beijing
1915 ~ 1916 AD	Empire of China	Beijing
1916 ~ 1925 AD	Republic of China	Beijing
1925 ~ 1926 AD	Republic of China	Guangzhou
1926 ~ 1927 AD	Republic of China	Wuhan
1927 ~ 1937 AD	Republic of China	Nanjing
1937 ~ 1946 AD	Republic of China	Chongqing
1946 ~ 1949 AD	Republic of China	Nanjing
1949 AD ~	Republic of China	Taipei
1949 AD ~	People's Republic of China	Beijing

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2 Comments

Level 79

May 17, 2022

Could you accept Shangjing for Linhuang?

Good quiz

Level 81

May 17, 2022

Shangjing is now accepted. Thank you for the comment.