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Chinese archeologists
have mapped the layout of
Shangdu (
better known as Xanadu),
after large scale
excavations that
included the use of
GIS in remote sensing and aerial archeology. The capital,
located in
Inner Mongolia, was built in 1256
under the command of
Kublai Khan, the first emperor of
Yuan Dynasty, who was
enthroned there four years later.
It became a summer resort after the
Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) moved its
capital to Ta-tu or
Dadu (
built by the
same architect,
located in present-day
Beijing) in 1276, and was destroyed during
a peasant war at the end of
the dynasty. The regional government has submitted an application for
World Cultural Heritage status
for the site to UNESCO,
currently under review.
Xanadu has
captured the imagination of the
West ever since Marco Polo first
extolled its beauties
in his Books of the Marvels of the World,
subsequently immortalized by Coleridge in
a poem fuelled
by opium fevered dreams.
Other recently discovered
Yuan Dynasty artifacts include
a priceless porcelain vase as well as
a sunken ship - part of an
invading Mongol armada - off the coast
of Japan.
posted by infini
on Dec 3, 2011 -
24 comments
9000 miles by ferry, train, bus, bicycle, horse, foot and car. In a bid to
reduce his carbon footprint, Joseph Tame swapped 11 hours in a plane from Japan to England for a month-long adventure across Eurasia. Along the way he has a
Chinese Imperial Guard hold a penguin, stays in a
Mongolian Yurt, experiences a
"road" trip or
two,
misses some
trains, and
befriends a chipmunk.
posted by Freaky
on Oct 15, 2007 -
25 comments
The Shanhai Cooperative Organization. [wiki] When Moscow and Beijing engineered the creation of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) six years ago, I am not sure if they foresaw its emergence as an important actor in the international order. Iran, India, Pakistan and Mongolia, currently observers, are lobbying hard to get accepted into this club. The US request for membership was rejected two years ago.
posted by delmoi
on Aug 23, 2007 -
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