Multiple choice general knowledge

Which city was once called 'Forbidden City'

  1. Peking

  2. Vatican

  3. Damascus

  4. Jerusulem
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Peking (now Beijing) was known as the Forbidden City because ordinary citizens were barred from entering without special permission. It housed Chinese emperors and their courts for nearly 500 years during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Vatican City, Damascus, and Jerusalem were not called Forbidden City.

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