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Modern Cities by History (Tile Select) #1
Select all of the modern cities that fit each historical description.
Including provisional capitals for #4.
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Last updated: November 6, 2020
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| First submitted | October 30, 2020 |
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Question 1 of 5
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Cities that have hosted the Summer Olympic Games
Rome
Munich
New York
Copenhagen
Helsinki
Oslo
Auckland
Seoul
Shanghai
Sao Paulo
Vienna
Montreal
Madrid
Osaka
Antwerp
Jakarta
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Antwerp, 1920; Helsinki, 1952; Melbourne, 1956; Rome, 1960; Munich, 1972; Montreal, 1976; Seoul, 1988.
Question 2 of 5
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Cities that were conquered by the Ottoman Empire
Thessaloniki
Ohrid
Ardabil
Granada
Plovdiv
Tashkent
Kazan
Mumbai
Kuwait City
Venice
Isfahan
Baku
Mecca
Zagreb
Aden
Asmara
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Plovdiv, 1364; Ohrid, 1395; Thessaloniki, 1430; Ardabil, 1514; Mecca, 1517; Aden, 1538; Baku, 1578.
Question 3 of 5
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Cities that were once, or are located on the site of, a Roman or Byzantine capital
Avignon
Tripoli
Alexandria
Damascus
Istanbul
Antalya
Ravenna
Byblos
Izmir
Milan
Nicosia
Rome
Florence
Sofia
Turin
İzmit
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Rome was the capital of the Roman Empire for the greatest amount of time, and the same can be said for Constantinople (Istanbul) as the capital of the Eastern Roman (and Byzantine) Empire. Mediolanum, which used to exist on the spot where Milan stands today, was the capital of the Western Roman Empire between 286 and 402, while Ravenna was the capital from 402 to 476. Nicomedia, which stood on the same spot as modern İzmit, was the eastern capital of the Roman Empire from 286 to 330.
Question 4 of 5
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Cities that were national capitals in South America in 1830
Belo Horizonte
Cayenne
Buenos Aires
Paramaribo
Georgetown
Sao Paulo
Lima
Manaus
Quito
Santiago
Asunción
Bogotá
La Paz
Rio de Janeiro
Caracas
Montevideo
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Bogotá was the capital of Gran Colombia, Buenos Aires was the capital of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata and Rio was the capital of the Empire of Brazil. Peru, Chile, Ecuador and Uruguay existed in 1830, and had the same capitals that they have today.
Question 5 of 5
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Cities that were founded after 1800
Vladivostok
Cape Town
Recife
Ashgabat
Nur-Sultan
Brasília
Busan
Sydney
Haifa
Bonn
Budapest
Tirana
Nairobi
Mogadishu
Islamabad
St. Louis
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NO
Nur-sultan was founded first, as Akmoly in 1830. Vladivostok was founded in 1860, followed by Budapest, which formed in 1873 from the unification of Buda, Pest and Óbuda. Next was Ashgabat, which was founded in 1881. Nairobi was founded in 1899. Brasília was build in the 1950s and completed in 1960, while construction of Islamabad began during that same year. Essential development work for the city was completed in 1966.
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2 Comments
Crem
+2
Level 70
Oct 30, 2020
Are you sure about Quito in question 4? As far as I know, Ecuador declared independence from the Gran Colombia in 1830 (with Quito as its capital)
MaxStickies
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Level 80
Oct 30, 2020
Yes, turns out it did. Has been changed.
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