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Silk Road Today And Yesterday. China's ancient capital city of Xi'an, the starting point of the ancient Silk Road. Xi'an, formerly called Chang'an, had been the capital of eleven Chinese feudal dynasties, beginning with the Western Han in the 2nd century B.C., lasting more than 1,100 years. Today it is the capital of Shaanxi Province and the biggest city and communication centre in northwest China. Photo by An Keren

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