The Forbidden City (French: Cité Interdite) was the French military center of operations during the late ancient and early medieval ages. The city was founded in 310AD, and the palace was finished in 350AD, its architecture heavily influenced by the nearby Chinese.
The location of this city was carefully chosen to be a stepping stone towards the Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlan, and at the same to be a city with a high commercial and productive potential. It was the first French city founded along a river.
The Cavaliers de Soies and their leader Richelieu were instrumental in developing the site, as were the Épéistes de Hangchow, led by Charlemagne, who had the marketplace built in 370AD. Contrary to the time when Charleville had been established, a road network was now in place to allow fast French troop movement.
[size=-2]The Épéistes de Hangchow would move to Cité Interdite to help build its marketplace[/size]
The city was planned as a second base of operations, in addition to Paris, to support the expanding military actions around the known world. Not long after the city was established, the French military struck out both in the north and the south. In 380AD, the Aztec town Tzintzuntzen and the Korean town Manp'o were razed to the ground. At the same time, every effort was made to colonize the land that was conquered by the French military
[size=-2]Armée Épéistes III took Tzintzuntzen with catapult support, killing 6,000 archers[/size]
[size=-2]Armée Épéistes VI took Manp'o, suffering only minor casualties[/size]
[size=-2]In the southern jungle, Colibris was founded the further expand French territory in 390AD.[/size]
The second Korean town in the northern tundra, Paegam, was razed in 410AD, finally ridding the area of the Korean presence.
[size=-2]Armée Épéistes VI continued its campaign in the north[/size]
The Aztec town of Xochicalco, located between Colibris and Cité Interdite, was captured in 430AD, and abandoned in 440AD.
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