Editing Yangon

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|state = [[Myanmar]]
|rulers = Independent {{c|until 14th century}}<br>{{Wiki|Hanthawaddy Kingdom}} {{c|14th – 16th centuries}}<br>{{Wiki|Toungoo dynasty}} {{c|16th century – 1752}}<br>{{Wiki|Konbaung dynasty}} {{c|1755 – 1852}}<br>[[British Empire]] {{c|1852 – 1942}}<br>[[Japan|Empire of Japan]] {{c|1942 – 1945}}<br>Myanmar {{c|1948 – present}}
|date = c. 6th century, as {{Wiki|Dagon Township|Dagon}}
|landmark = [[Shwedagon Pagoda]]
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'''Yangon''' ({{Wiki|Burmese language|Burmese}}: ရန်ကုန်), formerly romanized as '''Rangoon''', is the capital of the {{Wiki|Yangon Region}} and the largest city of [[Myanmar]]. It formerly served as the country's capital until 2006, when it was replaced by {{Wiki|Naypyidaw}}. The city is home to the gilded [[Shwedagon Pagoda]], Myanmar's most sacred and famous [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] pagoda.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Yangoon}}</ref>

==History==
===Early history===
Yangon was founded as '''{{Wiki|Dagon Township|Dagon}}''', a small fishing village built around the Shwedagon Pagoda by the {{Wiki|Mon people}} in the 6th century CE. It remained an important pilgrimage pagoda town for centuries and, in 1755, it was captured by King {{Wiki|Alaungpaya}}, the founder of the {{Wiki|Konbaung dynasty}}, who renamed the town to Yangon and greatly expanded it.<ref name="Wiki" />

===Toungoo dynasty===
In 1608, during Burma's rule by the {{Wiki|Toungoo dynasty}}, the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] adventurer [[Filipe de Brito e Nicote]] plundered the Shwedagon Pagoda and attempted to make off with its 300-ton {{Wiki|Great Bell of Dhammazedi}}.<ref name="FT 96">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – Episode 96</ref> However, the bell fell into the [[Bago River]], where it remains lost to this day.<ref name="Wiki" /> After this incident, security around the pagoda greatly increased, with a number of [[Soldier|guards]] patrolling the peremiter around the sacred site day and night.<ref name="FT 97">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – Episode 97</ref>

Secretly, the Shwedagon Pagoda housed a [[Piece of Eden]] which was protected by a group of Buddhist [[Scholar|monks]]. In 1725, the members of the [[Zhawang Corporation|Zhang Wei Union]] learned about the Piece of Eden housed within the pagoda and traveled to Yangon to retrieve it. Thanks to [[Zhang (Macanese)|Zhang]] having established contact with the monks beforehand, the Union members were granted safe passage into the city, as the monks believed it was safer to allow them to claim the artifact than risk having it fall into unworthy hands.<ref name="FT 97" />

Once in Yangon, the Union members devised a plan to infiltrate the Shwedagon Pagoda without the guards noticing. As [[Shimazu Saito]] refused to get the monks involved any further, she and [[Edward Kenway]] instead decided to fly above the pagoda using the [[Celestial Chariot]], a {{Wiki|hot air balloon}} built by [[Yun Pyeong-Gyu]]. From there, Edward and Saito [[parachute]]d onto the pagoda and entered the temple through a hole in the roof.<ref name="FT 97" />

===Modern times===
In 2023, [[Shimazu Sei]], [[Noa Kim]], [[Yuki]], and [[Nathan Zhang]] traveled to Yangon following their escape from [[Abstergo Industries]] in [[Singapore]], seeking to retrieve the Piece of Eden housed within the Shwedagon Pagoda. Despite the [[Myanmar Civil War|ongoing civil war]] in Myanmar, the group easily passed through a security checkpoint and entered the city, whereupon they went to a hotel near the pagoda. There, Sei talked with Noa, who believed himself to be his ancestor Edward Kenway due to the [[Bleeding Effect]], and convinced him to help recover the Piece of Eden from the pagoda.<ref name="FT 98">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – Episode 98</ref>

At night, while Nathan and his [[Doom Eagle]] thugs attacked the soldiers near the Shwedagon Pagoda as a distraction, Sei and Noa infiltrated one of the nearby temples. There, they found a secret underground passage leading to the central pagoda and used it to reach their destination.<ref name="FT 98" />

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]''

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