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| 1649 |
| | | The Russian empire, expanding eastwards through Siberia, reaches the Pacific coast | |
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| c. 1650 |
| | | The pleasure districts of Edo and Kyoto provide the delights of ukiyo-e, the 'floating world' | |
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| c. 1650 |
| | | Hindu princes and brahmin priests withdraw from Java to Bali, turning the island into the last outpost of Hinduism in southeast Asia | |
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| c. 1650 |
| | | Japan's popular theatre, kabuki, develops as a form of café entertainment | |
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| 1650 |
| | | To protect their market, the Dutch destroy all clove trees in the Moluccas except on two islands, Amboina and Ternate | |
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| 1650 |
| | | The Dalai Lama declares that his teacher is also an incarnation of a future Buddha, and that he is to be known as Panchen | |
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| 1668 |
| | | England's East India Company is granted a lease on Bombay by Charles II, who has received it from his Portuguese bride | |
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| c. 1670 |
| | | Members of the Sakaida Kakiemon family are producing exquisitely decorated porcelain ware in Japan | |
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| c. 1675 |
| | | Dutch traders purchase Kakiemon wares in Japan for import to the Netherlands | |
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| 1683 |
| | | The Qing emperor orders all Chinese men to shave their heads, leaving only a long pigtail | |
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