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He made Beijing, then known as Khanbaliq (Khan’s Town) or Dadu (Great Capital), the base for his extensive travels in China as emissary of the Khan.
The capital of the new empire was built on the site of present-day Beijing and was called “Dadu” or, in Mongolian, “Cambaluc” — spelled Kanbalu by that most renowned of medieval travelers, Marco Polo.
Predictably, Dadu received yet another name, Beiping (“Northern Peace”) but had to wait more than 50 years to win back its imperial status and a fresh name.
Genghis Khan’s Mongol armies leveled Zhongdu in the 13th century, then rebuilt it under the name Dadu (“Great Capital”).