The fortifications of Xi'an (Chinese: 西安城墙), also known as Xi'an City Wall, in Xi'an, represent one of the oldest, largest and best preserved Chinese city...

Xi'an is the capital of the Chinese province of Shaanxi. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong plain, the city is the third-most populous city in Western...

Chinese professional football club based in Xi'an, Shaanxi, that competes in China League One, the second tier of Chinese football. Shaanxi Union plays its...

Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World...

Medieval-style fortifications were largely made obsolete by the arrival of cannons on the 14th century battlefield. Fortifications in the age of black powder...

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Turkey, is commissioned Jewel Tower of the Palace of Westminster in London is completed. 1370–1378 – Fortifications of Xi'an in Ming dynasty China are built...

on preserving the fortifications for the sake of their architectural or historical value – on the one hand, complete fortifications were restored (Carcassonne)...

included the area inside the Ming Xi'an fortification, plus some small areas to its east and west, and a substantial part of its southern suburbs. Thus, Tang...

The Beijing city fortifications were a series of walls with towers and gates constructed in the city of Beijing, China in the early 1400s until they were...

use of the moats could have been either for defensive or agriculture purposes. Moats were excavated around castles and other fortifications as part of the...

Shihao section of Xiaohan Route, Sanmenxia, Henan Weiyang Palace, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province Daming Palace, Xi'an Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, Xi'an Small Wild Goose...

intensified the building of bridges and fortifications. On the 28th, several thousand Hui forces attacked the new fortifications. The government troops...

extended eastward to the coast at Lianyungang, Jiangsu, and westward to Xi'an (Chang'an), Shaanxi, as well as to western Shaanxi. Zhengzhou thus became...

Japanese aggression in Manchuria, and Chahar and Suiyuan. After the 1936 Xi'an Incident, the Kuomintang and CCP forces agreed on a ceasefire to present...

heart of the north Chinese plains and the ancient capitals of Chang'an (today known as Xi'an) and Luoyang. Administratively, the county-level city of Dunhuang...

level. Xi'an, the provincial capital of Shaanxi and the largest city in Northwest China, is located at the center of the region, mostly south of the Wei...

The history of the Great Wall of China began when fortifications built by various states during the Spring and Autumn (771–476 BC) and Warring States periods...

contests, the restoration of the weisuo military colony system, and the execution of disloyal peasants. Li Zicheng took Xi'an in late 1643, renaming it...

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general of the Manchu garrison of Xi'an and informed the Yongzheng emperor what they were doing. Han civilians and Manchu bannermen in Xi'an had bad relations...

towns or fortifications include Diaoyu near Chongqing, Wanping county fortifications near Marco Polo Bridge in Beijing, the garrison town of Shanhai Pass...

Xi'an, he himself was surrounded in his office by a number of Zhang's officers, who accused the Communists of instigating the Xi'an Incident and of betraying...

capable of neutral steering and features hydropneumatic suspension. Due to its lighter weight, the Type 15 tank can be more easily airlifted. Xi'an Y-20...

who tried to break in. The tomb was built at the foot of Mount Li, 30 kilometers away from Xi'an. Modern archaeologists have located the tomb, and have...

south of Xi'an, under former Ming commanders Sun Shoufa, He Zhen, and Wu Dading, capturing the city of Fengxiang. As they advanced toward Xi'an they were...

old cache of these bombs three centuries later in the Xi'an area: "When I went on official business to Shaanxi Province, I saw on top of Xi'an's city walls...

of two international airports serving Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, the other being Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK). The airport is considered one of the...

being able to push into the defenses after suffering heavy attrition. Fortifications were often constructed in such a way as to impede escalade, or at least...

the emperor and high government officials fled the Imperial Palace for Xi'an and sent Li Hongzhang for peace talks with the alliance. As allied troops...