Jin dynasty moves capital to Yanjing
1151
The Jurchen rulers of North China abandoned their old Manchurian capital and moved their court permanently to Yanjing - the city that would become Beijing. The move signaled a deliberate sinicization of the dynasty and a commitment to ruling as Chinese emperors. The Jin rebuilt the city on a grand scale, constructing palaces, pleasure gardens, and imperial archives that transformed a frontier garrison town into one of Asia's great capitals.
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High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.