| Its checkerboard street layout used the Chinese capital of Chang'an as a template for its design. |
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| Chang'an was the center of the central government, the home of the imperial family, and was filled with splendor and wealth. |
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| The head mistresses of the bordellos in the North Hamlet of the capital Chang'an acquired large amounts of wealth and power. |
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| Military victories in the Tarim Basin kept the Silk Road open, connecting Chang'an to Central Asia and areas far to the west. |
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| As early as 736, granaries were built at critical points along the route from Yangzhou to Chang'an, which eliminated shipment delays, spoilage, and pilfering. |
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| By 881, both capitals, Luoyang and Chang'an, fell successively. |
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| The emperor had large ice pits located in the parks in and around Chang'an for preserving food, while the wealthy and elite had their own smaller ice pits. |
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| Running through the heart of Beijing, Chang'an Avenue is the road runs directly in front of Tian'anmen gate and to the north of Tian'anmen Square. |
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| In the previous year of 713, Emperor Xuanzong had liquidated the highly lucrative Inexhaustible Treasury, which was run by a prominent Buddhist monastery in Chang'an. |
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| Although they had fought at Talas, on June 11, 758, an Abbasid embassy arrived at Chang'an simultaneously with the Uyghur Turks bearing gifts for the Tang Emperor. |
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| Internally the Grand Canal linked the political heartland in Chang'an to the agricultural and economic centers in the eastern and southern parts of the empire. |
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