Pekin
[pi:'kin]
Examples
- Pekin Polo calls Cambulac; Northern China, Cathay (= Khitan); and Southern China of the former Sung dynasty, Manzi. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He sent ambassadors to Pekin, and a suitable princess was selected, a girl of seventeen. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- At Pekin was the Great Khan, and they were hospitably entertained. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He then attacked the Kin empire and took Pekin (1214). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was a papal legate in Pekin in 1346, but he seems to have been a mere papal diplomatist. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Even the Muscovites now trade regularly with China, by a sort of caravans which go over land through Siberia and Tartary to Pekin. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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