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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
Osaka
Jakarta
Copenhagen
Rome
Sao Paulo
Shanghai
New York
Vienna
Munich
Auckland
Antwerp
Oslo
Montreal
Helsinki
Seoul
Madrid
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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
Mumbai
Kuwait City
Kazan
Venice
Baku
Tashkent
Isfahan
Mecca
Ohrid
Ardabil
Plovdiv
Zagreb
Thessaloniki
Asmara
Aden
Granada
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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
Tripoli
Damascus
Avignon
Nicosia
Milan
Byblos
Ravenna
Sofia
İzmit
Turin
Antalya
Izmir
Florence
Alexandria
Rome
Istanbul
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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
Cayenne
Santiago
Montevideo
Quito
Lima
Belo Horizonte
Caracas
Georgetown
Paramaribo
Bogotá
Sao Paulo
La Paz
Asunción
Manaus
Rio de Janeiro
Buenos Aires
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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
Nairobi
Cape Town
Busan
Haifa
Nur-Sultan
Budapest
Tirana
Ashgabat
Sydney
Brasília
Mogadishu
Bonn
St. Louis
Recife
Islamabad
Vladivostok
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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 69
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 79
Oct 30, 2020
Yes, turns out it did. Has been changed.
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