History of Hangzhou

Interactive reading is a special technique of memorizing information based on interval repetition.
Dates of important events are missing in the text, and you will need to add them.
If you specify a right date - you move forward, and if you're wrong - start over.
This is a very effective way of learning of new material (as opposed to usual reading).
In such a manner you'll actually remember what you read!

Hangzhou formerly romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang Province in east China. It sits at the head of Hangzhou Bay, which separates Shanghai and Ningbo. Hangzhou grew to prominence as the southern terminus of the Grand Canal and has been one of the most renowned and prosperous cities in China for much of the last millennium, due in part to its beautiful natural scenery. The city's West Lake is its best-known attraction. Hangzhou is classified as a sub-provincial city and forms the core of the Hangzhou metropolitan area, the fourth-largest in China....