Historical Urban Atlas: 1100 to 1200: Henan Map; Hebei and Beijing Map

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    two maps showing Henan, Hebei and Beijing cities 1100-1200

    The city of Kaifeng, with a population of 442 thousand in 1100, fell to the Jurchens (who later called themselves the Jin Dynasty) in 1127. It had a reduced role under non-Chinese rule even though it was a southern capital for the Jin from 1157. Its population inn 1200 was 100 thousand.

    Side note: during this period Kaifeng was called Bianjing or Dongjing.

    Source for history: Wikipedia article on Kaifeng, accessed March 4, 2017, although some of the material was already known to me from books I've read.