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Anshan
City (pop., 1990: 1,204,000), Liaoning province, NE China. Established as a post station in 1387, it was fortified in 1587 as part of the defenses set up by the Ming dynasty against the rising power of the Manchus. It was destroyed by fire during the Boxer Rebellion and badly damaged during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-5). In the 1930s the Japanese occupied Anshan and made it a steelmaking center. The city was bombed by U.S. aircraft in 1944 and looted by the Soviets following World War II. The Chinese later redeveloped it into an industrial center that produces steel, cement, and chemicals.

City and territory of ancient Elam, north of modern Shiraz, Iran. Anshan came to prominence c.2350 BC, but its greatest period was in the 13th-12th cent. BC, when, as kings of Anshan and Susa, Elamite rulers periodically raided the cities of Babylonia. The area apparently came under the control of Persia c.675 BC. Its ruins have yielded major finds, incl. examples of early Elamite writing.


Nanchang
City (pop., 1991 est.: 1,350,000), capital of Jiangxi province, SE China. An old walled city on the right bank of the Gan River, it was founded in 201 BC. In AD 959 under the Tang regime, it became the S capital. At the end of the Mongol period it was a battleground between the founder of the Ming dynasty and local warlords. In the early 16th cent. a rebellion was launched against the Ming regime. Nanchang suffered from the Taiping Rebellion. In 1927 it was the site of revolutionary activities of the Chinese Communist Party. Since 1949 it has become industrialized; its products include textiles, milled rice, and automotive parts.


Nathan
Prophet at the courts of David and Solomon in ancient Israel. In II Samuel he rebuked David for taking Bathsheba from her husband. As punishment, David was not allowed to build the Temple at Jerusalem, since Nathan had a vision informing him that its construction must be postponed until Solomon succeeded to the throne. Nathan later anointed the new king.


Xanthus
Ancient city, Lycia, Asia Minor. It was situated near the mouth of the Xanthus River. Its ruins (theater, temples, and tombs), from which a number of pieces were taken for the British Museum, are in SW Turkey. The ancient city was twice besieged and destroyed: in 540 BC by the Persians and in 42 BC by the Romans.

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