Urged on by France and by his own ambitions, Peter IV underwrote Henry of Trastámara's claims to the Castilian throne in exchange for a promised cession of one-sixth of Castile.
Half of the country's population of 13 million are of course Maya, descendants of those endlessly intriguing temple builders, astronomers and ritual sacrificers whose pomp came to a sudden and still not fully explained cession at the end of the ninth century.
Darius twice sent Alexander a letter of friendship, the second time offering a large ransom for his family, cession of all the Achaemenid Empire west of the Euphrates River, and the hand of his daughter in return for an alliance.
He partitioned the territory into three districts, along the historical divisions implicitly acknowledged in the deed of cession: the two governments on Tutuila and the third comprising the islands of Manu'a, which still did not regard themselves as part of the territory.
Tilley's first task in his new role was to negotiate a deed of cession with the local powers to ensure a formal and peaceful transfer of control to the United States.
Theodahad, however, fearing that his first offer would be rejected, then instructed Peter, under oath, to offer the cession of all Italy, but only if the original concessions were rejected by Justinian.
The First Treaty of Banaras (1773) was the result of the Mughal emperor Shah ʿĀlam's cession of Allahabad and Kora to the warlike Marathas as the price of their support.
After China's defeat in the First Opium War (1839 42) against the British Empire, Hong Kong became a British colony with the perpetual cession of Hong Kong Island, followed by Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 and a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898.
Second, the Court held that the plaintiff's title had been extinguished before the Mexican Cession.
After the conclusion of the First Sino-Japanese War in April 1895, the Treaty of Shimonoseki was signed, which included several territorial cessions from China to Japan, most importantly Taiwan and the eastern portion of the bay of the Liaodong Peninsula including Port Arthur.
