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Nanjing (City)

 Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: Built on site of important cities known by various names; capital of Ming empire 1368-1403; taken by British 1842; declared treaty port 1858; made capital by Kuomintang 1928-1937; became capital again 1946; occupied by Communists 1949.

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