Examples of Forbidden City in the following topics:
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- Map of East Asia by the Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci in 1602; Ricci (1552–1610) was the first European allowed into the Forbidden City.
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- There were enormous construction projects, including the restoration of the Grand Canal, the restoration of the Great Wall as it is seen today, and the establishment of the Forbidden City in Beijing during the first quarter of the 15th century.
- In 1356 Zhu's rebel force captured the city of Nanjing, which he would later establish as the capital of the Ming dynasty.
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- The last Ming emperor, the Chongzhen Emperor, hanged himself on a tree in the imperial garden outside the Forbidden City.
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- The Peace of Westphalia was a series of peace treaties signed between May and October 1648 in the Westphalian cities of Osnabrück and Münster that ended the Thirty Years' War.
- The peace negotiations involved a total of 109 delegations representing European powers, including Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III, Philip IV of Spain, the Kingdom of France, the Swedish Empire, the Dutch Republic, the Princes of the Holy Roman Empire and sovereigns of the free imperial cities.
- Issuance of unrestricted letters of marque and reprisal to privateers was forbidden.
- France retained the control of the Bishoprics of Metz, Toul and Verdun near Lorraine, received the cities of the Décapole in Alsace and the city of Pignerol near the Spanish Duchy of Milan.
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- The Chimú were a culture that lasted from approximately 900 CE until 1470 CE along the northern coast of modern-day Peru, centered in the city of Chan Chan.
- The majority of the citizens in each ciudadela (walled cities in the capital of Chan Chan) were artisans.
- Artisans were forbidden to change their profession, and were grouped in the ciudadela according to their area of specialization.
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- Successive administrations tried to stabilize the imperial economy by freezing the social structure into place: sons were to succeed their fathers in their trade, councilors were forbidden to resign, and coloni, the cultivators of land, were not to move from the land they were attached to.
- In many medieval countries, a villein could gain freedom by escaping from a manor to a city or borough and living there for more than a year, but this action involved the loss of land rights and agricultural livelihood, a prohibitive price unless the landlord was especially tyrannical or conditions in the village were unusually difficult.
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- Unrest had reared its head in Byzantine cities as social and religious differences manifested themselves into Blue and Green factions that fought each other in the streets.
- Jerusalem surrendered to the Arabs in 637, following a stout resistance; in 638, the Caliph Omar rode into the city.
- His successor Pope Severinus (640) condemned the Ecthesis outright, and so was forbidden his seat until 640.
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- During the Golden Age, the major Islamic capital cities of Baghdad, Cairo, and Córdoba became the main intellectual centers for science, philosophy, medicine, and education.
- Typically, though not entirely, Islamic art depicts nature patterns and Arabic calligraphy, rather than figures, because many Muslims feared that the depiction of the human form is idolatry and thereby a sin against God, forbidden in the Quran.
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- Hadrian mitigated slavery: masters were forbidden from killing their slaves unless allowed by a court to punish them for a grave offense.
- Masters were forbidden to sell slaves to a gladiator trainer or to a procurer, except as justified punishment.
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- Teotihuacan was a city founded outside of modern Mexico City in 100 BCE and was known for its pyramids.
- Just 30 miles from modern day Mexico City lies the precolumbian Mesoamerican city of Teotihuacan.
- Many Maya murals represent Teotihucuan and the leaders of the city during its zenith.
- These displaced settlers may have founded, or at least helped grow, the city.
- Most of the common people lived in large apartment buildings spread across the city.