HISTORY
CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA
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a small but organized governing center
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China’s leading agricultural region
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a flourishing cultural and commercial center
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a major trading outpost along the yellow river
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Detailed explanation-1: -That is because of its status as the easternmost stop along that trade route and as the origin point of much of that route’s namesake silk. Trade brought Chang’an extraordinary cultural and economic wealth and made it among the world’s most dazzling and cosmopolitan cities in its day.
Detailed explanation-2: -The central location of Chang’an (today, Xian) in what is now Shaanxi Province near the confluence of the Wei and Feng Rivers helps explain why the area was the location of several important imperial capitals for about a millennium of Chinese history.
Detailed explanation-3: -Xi’an was formerly called Chang’an (meaning “ever-lasting peace") and served as the capital of many dynasties from the Western (Former) Han dynasty (206 BC to 8 AD) until the Tang dynasty.
Detailed explanation-4: -Chang’an was a religious center of Buddhism in seventh-and eighth-century East Asia. More than 50, 000 Buddhist monks, nuns and priests lived in the city. Buddhist monasteries spread all over in the city, centers of social, economic and cultural activity.
Detailed explanation-5: -Chang’an literally means “Perpetual Peace” in Classical Chinese. During the Xin Dynasty, the city was renamed “Constant Peace"; yet after its fall in the year 23 AD, the old name was restored. During the Ming Dynasty, the name was changed to its present name Xi’an, meaning “Western Peace".