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Taiyuan

Also known as Jinyang

Taiyuan is the capital of Shanxi province in northern China, on the Fen River. As Jinyang it was a strategic stronghold for over a millennium: Li Yuan raised his rebellion there in 617 to found the Tang dynasty, and it was the power base of the Shatuo rulers of the Five Dynasties and the capital of the Northern Han until the Song took it in 979.

Taiyuan
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Bozhou ChiefdomLater LiangJin (Five Dynasties)Later TangLater Jin (936-947)Later HanNorthern Han

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Taiyuan. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/taiyuan
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