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Round 1 · 1420 AD
Construction of the Forbidden City
The Yongle Emperor moved the capital to Beijing, commissioning a vast imperial palace complex of nearly a thousand surviving buildings that would serve as the home of emperors for five centuries.
Round 2 · 1927 AD
Shanghai's Bund in the Roaring Twenties
Driven by foreign trade and international concessions, the waterfront became Asia's leading financial center, lined with neoclassical and Art Deco buildings that earned it the nickname Wall Street of the East.
Round 3 · 1860 AD
Burning of the Old Summer Palace
Following the capture of Beijing during the Second Opium War, British and French forces completely looted and burned the legendary imperial gardens, destroying priceless artworks and elaborate European-style stone pavilions.
Round 4 · 756 AD
Sack of Chang'an During An Lushan Rebellion
The devastating An Lushan rebellion forced the Tang emperor to flee, leaving the world's most populous and cosmopolitan city to be brutally sacked, effectively ending the dynasty's golden age.
Round 5 · 208 AD
Battle of Red Cliffs on the Yangtze
In a legendary clash that defined the Three Kingdoms era, a smaller southern allied force defeated the warlord Cao Cao by chaining his river fleet together and launching devastating fire ships.