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China > Places & Sights > Xian
The region of Xian has been inhabited for 6,000 years. At that time the now rather barren plains were much greener and ideally suited for farming.
The first emperor of the unified China, Qin Shihuang, founded the capital of Xianyang, which is a bit west of Xian. The Han dynasty succeeding the Qin moved the capital further east, to the plain where Xian now is.
In 528, the Sui built the new capital of Changan that was to become the greatest city in the world at that time, with about two million people. It was enclosed by a wall stretching eight kilometers north-south, and nearly ten kilometers km east-west.
Nowadays, the town is only a shadow of its former self and little remains of Xian's old importance as a center of commerce with many trading partners as far west as Persia and the Arabian world.
With regard to food, one of Xian's specialities are the excellent dumplings.
Banpo Neolithic Village