Xianyang (Qin)

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Xianyang (simplified Chinese: 咸阳; traditional Chinese: 咸陽) was the last capital city of the state of Qin between 350 and 206 BC. After Qin Shi Huang unified China and founded the Qin dynasty in 221 BC, the city also briefly served as the first capital of Imperial China. Xianyang was sacked and burned to the ground by forces of the warlord Xiang Yu in 206 BC. The Qin-era city of Xianyang was located in the center of the Guanzhong Plain, to the east of the modern Xianyang city and north of Xi'an. While ancient Xianyang was originally founded to the north of the Wei River, the city's ruins are now scattered along both banks due to the city's expansion and a later change of the river's course. The Han capital city of Chang'an, founded in 202 BC, was located in its immediate vicinity.

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