Nanjing

The name 'Nanjing' means 'Southern Capital' and was originally informal.

The discovery of 'Nanjing Man' established that Homo erectus reached eastern China around 600,000 years ago.

During the Six Dynasties period, Nanjing served as the capital for six different dynasties.

Nanjing was known as Tianjing when it served as the capital of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom from 1851 to 1864.

Nanjing was the site of the Nanjing Massacre, where between 300,000 and 350,000 people were killed by occupying Japanese troops.