Jiankang (chn)

Jiankang

Jiankang ranks 10,940th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Saratoga County, New York, Dodoma, and Wyoming County, New York. Memorable people born in Jiankang include Emperor Xiaowu of Jin. Memorable people who died in Jiankang include Sun Quan, Emperor Wu of Song, and Emperor Wen of Liu Song. Jiankang has been the birth place of many politicians and the death place of many politicians. Jiankang is located in China.

Jiankang, or Jianye, as it was originally called, was the capital city of the Eastern Wu, the Eastern Jin dynasty and the Southern Dynasties (420–552), including the Chen dynasty. Its walls are extant as ruins in the modern municipal region of Nanjing. Jiankang was an important city of the Song dynasty. Its name was changed to Nanjing during the Ming dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia