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Can you name the foreign power who captured these capital cities in each specified year?
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Year
Capital
Conqueror
2003
Baghdad
United States
1990
Kuwait City
Iraq
1979
Kabul
Soviet Union
1979
Kampala
Tanzania
1951
Lhasa
China
1940
Paris
Germany
1939
Tirana
Italy
1937
Nanjing
Japan
1914
Belgrade
Austria-Hungary
1881
Lima
Chile
1814
Washington D. C.
United Kingdom
1812
Moscow
France
1702
Warsaw
Sweden
1521
Tenochtitlan
Spain
1453
Constantinople
Ottoman Empire
1258
Baghdad
Mongol Empire
30 BC
Alexandria
Roman Empire
404 BC
Athens
Sparta
539 BC
Babylon
Persian Empire
597 BC
Jerusalem
Babylon
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34 Comments
Anonymousbear25
+6
Level 57
Dec 2, 2025
Nice
QuizApe
+36
Level 72
Dec 11, 2025
Captured by Italy in 1940
cheeeeeeems
+3
Level 25
Dec 12, 2025
crazy
Algernon
+5
Level 74
Dec 2, 2025
Feck, that was hard!
Qikiq
+7
Level 89
Dec 2, 2025
Couldn't Persia be accepted instead of Persian Empire?
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Dec 2, 2025
Yes
Constantinos
+5
Level 75
Dec 2, 2025
Since Tanzania was a belligerent alongside the Uganda National Liberation Front it should not be considered necessarily as a capture of a capital? They went there to assist Ugandans against Idi Amin's dictatorship.
NattKing
+12
Level 75
Dec 2, 2025
Instructions unclear, answered based on my past Civ V games
WhatIsLove
+7
Level 63
Dec 11, 2025
Washington D.C captured by Hammurabi is a historical fact
IridiumPingo
+1
Level 39
Dec 13, 2025
Really?
colins04
+2
Level 59
Dec 14, 2025
it's true, I was Hammurabi
IridiumPingo
+1
Level 39
Dec 16, 2025
Time Traveler
Jzakibe
+2
Level 79
Dec 2, 2025
Why not accept Rome and Persia for Roman and Persian Empire?
Quizmaster
+5
Level ∞
Dec 2, 2025
We do though.
Jzakibe
+4
Level 79
Dec 3, 2025
I must have typed it in wrong and thought I did it correctly. But thank you for confirming that you do.
Neodymium
+3
Level 63
Dec 2, 2025
sequelable imo, saigon, kabul, all the napoleonic ones, rome
Pontiac
+5
Level 62
Dec 3, 2025
Ahh yes, the only successful invasion the US faced on the homeland. I remember learning about it when I was younger and 8 year old me had a bitter feeling about the UK. I had absolutely hated the UK after learning about it until I was around 10 when I learned more about WW1 and WW2.

Moral of this story (if you didn't know or catch it) is: Young people are susceptible to history

JonOfKent
+6
Level 61
Dec 11, 2025
Yes, and how it is taught
Ghostbuster
+14
Level 93
Dec 4, 2025
I believe Saint Petersburg was the capital in 1812.
Pontiac
+7
Level 62
Dec 4, 2025
This is 100% correct. Saint Petersburg served as the Russian Empire capital from 1712-1918.
mammix
+5
Level 59
Dec 5, 2025
Exactly. I can't believe how such a mistake made it through, seriously.
RuthlessCosmo
+5
Level 78
Dec 11, 2025
Here's a substitute: France seized Lisbon in 1807.

More than a century later Amália Rodrigues, the foremost fado artist of the 20th Century, sang "Lisboa não sejas francesa," in which she advises a young girl from Lisbon to stay away from French soldiers. You can hear it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YohXXeRE73Y&t=1s.

Mapsarefun
+2
Level 34
Dec 11, 2025
tbss
Lilylee
+2
Level 79
Dec 11, 2025
My internet says the Swedes captured Warsaw in 1655.
Chinook05
+2
Level 73
Dec 11, 2025
That's a different war- what you are talking about is the Swedish Deluge during the Second Northern War between 1655 and 1660, while the quiz is talking about the Great Northern War, which occurred between 1700 and 1721. During both wars Warsaw was occupied at some point.

This period in history in Northern Europe is deceptively confusing to look into lol, for around 150 years Russia Sweden Poland and Denmark were on-and-off at war while scholars constantly disagree on naming conventions.

DocEckleburg
+1
Level 68
Dec 12, 2025
Man, USSR catches me out every time on these quizes. Typed Russia like three times, couldn't figure out why it wouldn't accept it.
yeweater
+2
Level 29
Dec 12, 2025
Great quiz! A minor error: Austria-Hungary took Belgrade in 1915.
Limukala
+2
Level 61
Dec 13, 2025
Stumbled on Warsaw for a bit, but managed to get them all. Great quiz!
Aceite12Hye
+2
Level 29
Dec 13, 2025
Should add 1612 Moscow
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Dec 13, 2025
Seems like Tanzania is the lowest guessed one. This was after Idi Amin foolishly attacked Tanzania, which was far more powerful than Uganda and led to Amin being forced to flee
anjrea
+1
Level 41
Dec 13, 2025
love the name
MichaelT
+1
Level 24
Dec 15, 2025
Capital of Russian empire in 1812 was Saint Petersburg.

Lhasa wasn’t capital of independent state.

HectorLysander
+1
Level 37
Dec 30, 2025
Tibet was, in fact, independent.
BallasCountry
+1
Level 40
Dec 30, 2025
I think Poland(Poland-Lithuanian Commonwealth) should be better example to Moscow, what takes place in 1612.

In 1812 the capital of Russia was Saint Petersburg, not Moscow.

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