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Country
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Clue
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Date founded
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City
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Afghanistan
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Was once the capital of Bactria.
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2000-1500 BC
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Balkh
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Albania
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Second most populous city in the country.
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627 BC
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Durrës
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Algeria
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Named after a famous Roman emperor.
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before 203 BC
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Constantine
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Andorra
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The city's old town is called the Barri Antic.
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before 700s AD
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Andorra la Vella
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Angola
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Extensive reconstruction being carried out here.
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1576 AD
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Luanda
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Antigua and Barbuda
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Contains the only rum distillery on Antigua.
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1632 AD
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St. John's
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Argentina
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Was heavily damaged in an earthquake in 1817.
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1533 AD
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Santiago del Estero
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Armenia
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Named after the fortress Erebuni.
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3200 BC
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Yerevan
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Australia
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Home to a famous opera house.
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1788 AD
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Sydney
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Austria
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Lies on the shores of Lake Constance.
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1500-400s BC
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Bregenz
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Azerbaijan
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The city's Culture Center was designed by architect Zaha Hadid.
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before c.1st Century BC
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Baku
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Bahamas
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Was once a pirate haven.
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1670 AD
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Nassau
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Bahrain
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Located near a group of man-made islands called Amwaj Islands.
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before 250 BC
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Muharraq
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Bangladesh
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Mahasthangarh, an ancient site, is located nearby.
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c.268 BC
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Bogra
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Barbados
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Kensington Oval is located here.
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1628 AD
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Bridgetown
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Belarus
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Was under siege in 1579.
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862 AD
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Polotsk
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Belgium
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The Romans called it Aduatuca Tungrorum.
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before 70 AD
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Tongeren
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Belize
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Has been featured in the film The Mosquito Coast and the TV show Mad Dogs.
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before 1638 AD
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Belize City
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Benin
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Home to King Toffa's Palace.
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1500s AD
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Porto-Novo
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Bhutan
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Home to the Buddhist monastery Tashichhoedzong.
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1955 AD
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Thimphu
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Bolivia
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Pre-Columbian site, with the most famous structure being the Gate of the Sun.
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c.110 AD (or before)
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Tiwanaku
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Hutovo Blato Park is located nearby.
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5 BC
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Čapljina
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Botswana
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The first gold rush in southern Africa started nearby.
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1897 AD
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Francistown
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Brazil
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Not far from São Paulo, contains one of the first suspension bridges in Brazil.
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1532 AD
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São Vicente
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Brunei
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Home to the Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque.
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600s-1700s AD
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Bandar Seri Begawan
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Bulgaria
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Contains one of the world's best-preserved Roman theatres.
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6000–5000 BC
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Plovdiv
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Burkina Faso
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Was the centre of a city state of the Mossi Empire.
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1120 AD
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Tenkodogo
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Burundi
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Located on the north-eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika.
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1871 AD
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Bujumbura
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Cambodia
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Famous for its temples.
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802 AD
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Siem Reap (and Angkor)
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Cameroon
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Main city of the Bamileke people.
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1300s AD
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Bafoussam
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Canada
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Home to Cabot Tower.
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24th June 1497 AD
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St John's
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Cape Verde
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Was the first European colonial settlement in the tropics.
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1462 AD
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Cidade Velha
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Central African Republic
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At the centre of a large anomaly in the Earth's magnetic field.
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1889 AD (possibly 800s BC)
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Bangui
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Chad
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Was the capital of the Kanem-Bornu Empire.
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1000s AD
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Njimi
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Chile
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Struck in 2010 by the sixth-largest earthquake ever recorded.
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1541 AD
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Santiago
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China
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The Longmen Grottoes, White Horse Temple and Gaocheng Astronomical Observatory are all located nearby.
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2070 BC
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Luoyang
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Colombia
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Where Simón Bolívar died.
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29th July 1525 AD
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Santa Marta
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Comoros
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Located at the foot of Mount Karthala.
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c.900s AD
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Moroni
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Costa Rica
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Consisted of circular mounds. Water was allowed to run between them.
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1000 BC
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Guayabo de Turrialba
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Croatia
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Contains the largest Roman forum on the eastern side of the Adriatic.
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800s BC
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Zadar
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Cuba
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Located on the spot where Christopher Columbus landed.
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1511 AD
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Baracoa
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Cyprus
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Located near a network of salt lakes.
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1200s BC
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Larnaca
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Czech Republic
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People were famously thrown out of windows a number of times in this city.
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600s AD
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Prague
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Democratic Republic of Congo
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Henry Morton Stanley called it a "remarkable town".
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before 1876 AD
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Kindu
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Denmark
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Mandø Island Nature Reserve is located nearby.
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854 AD
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Ribe
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Djibouti
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Engaged in trade with Phoenicia, Ptolemaic Egypt, Greece, Parthian Persia, Saba, Nabataea, and the Roman Empire.
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before 1154 AD (since antiquity)
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Tadjoura
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Dominica
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Located near the Boiling Lake.
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c.1500s-1600s AD
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Roseau
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Dominican Republic
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Home to the Alcázar de Colón.
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1498 AD
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Santo Domingo
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East Timor
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Home to a statue of Jesus.
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1520 AD
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Dili
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Ecuador
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It is surrounded by eight active volcanoes.
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c.980 AD
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Quito
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Egypt
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It was the most significant centre of the cult of the crocodile god Sobek.
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c.4000 BC
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Faiyum
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El Salvador
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Used to be the capital of the Pipil.
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1054 AD
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Antiguo Cuscatlán
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Equatorial Guinea
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Home to St. Elizabeth's Cathedral
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1827 AD
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Malabo
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Eritrea
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Home to the Fiat Tagliero Building.
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800 BC
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Asmara
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Estonia
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Was invaded by Ivan the Terrible in 1558.
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400s AD
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Tartu
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Eswatini
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Started as a trading post.
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1885 AD
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Manzini
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Ethiopia
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Capital of an empire of the same name, famous for its obelisks.
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c. 1st Century AD
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Axum
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Federated States of Micronesia
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Has been nicknamed the "Venice of the Pacific".
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100-200 AD
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Nan Madol
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Fiji
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Site of Fiji's first bank, post office, school, hospital and town hall.
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1820 AD
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Levuka
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Finland
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Birthplace of Erik Johan Löfgren.
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c.1229 AD
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Turku
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France
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Known for its pride in its differences from the rest of France, and featured in the films Taxi, The Bourne Identity and The Transporter.
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c.600 BC
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Marseille
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Gabon
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Contains Gabon's largest market.
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before 1839 AD
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Libreville
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Georgia
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Home to Jvari Monastery.
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400s BC
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Mtskheta
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Germany
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Birthplace of Karl Marx.
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before 16 BC
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Trier
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Ghana
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Home to a "slave castle" of the same name.
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1482 AD
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Cape Coast
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Greece
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(Two possible answers) Location of the first democracy or a city that was shunned in Greece after remaining neutral in the Greco-Persian Wars.
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5000 BC
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Athens or Argos
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Grenada
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Founded by the French, ceded to Great Britain by the Treaty of Paris in 1763.
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1650 AD
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St George's
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Guatemala
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Has a system of micro-buses.
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before 7th May 1524 AD
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Quetzaltenango
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Guinea
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Founded by Muslim religious leader Karamokho Alfa.
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1755 AD
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Labé
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Guinea-Bissau
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Many buildings were destroyed here during the Guinea-Bissau Civil War.
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1687 AD
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Bissau
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Guyana
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A Dutch trading post that was the capital of the colony Berbice.
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1627 AD
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Fort Nassau
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Haiti
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Where Haiti's independence was proclaimed.
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1503 AD
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Fort-Liberté
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Holy See
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Home to St. Peter's Basilica.
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1st Century AD
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Vatican City
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Honduras
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A Mayan city occupied for more than two thousand years, shares its name with a department.
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before 400s AD
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Copán
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Hungary
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Birthplace of Saint Martin of Tours.
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45 AD
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Szombathely
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Iceland
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Home to Hallgrímskirkja.
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c.870 AD
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Reykjavik
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India
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Once a city of the Indus Valley Civilisation, now a small village.
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7570 BC
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Bhirrana
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Indonesia
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The Musi River divides the city, also contains a Great Mosque.
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16th June 683 BC
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Palembang
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Iran
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Was the summer capital of the Parthian Empire.
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1100-600s BC
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Hamadān
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Iraq
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Centred around a temple dedicated to the god Enki, the Sumerian water god.
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c.5300 BC
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Eridu
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Ireland
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Home to the oldest urban civic building in Ireland, Reginald's Tower.
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853 AD
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Waterford
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Israel
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Probably most famous for its depiction in the Bible, where its walls are supposedly blown down by trumpets.
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9600 BC
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Jericho
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Italy
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Its ancient town is called the Sassi, it has featured in the film The Passion of the Christ and a Metallica music video.
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10000-9000 BC
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Matera
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Ivory Coast
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A major producer of musical art in Africa.
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1898 AD
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Abidjan
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Jamaica
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Location of the rebellion lead by Samuel Sharpe.
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c.1655 AD
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Montego Bay
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Japan
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Well-known for its ramen.
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c.663 AD
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Fukuoka
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Jordan
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Contains an ancient citadel, occupied over time by the Assyrians, Babylonians, Ptolemies, Seleucids, Romans, Byzantines and Umayyads.
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7250 BC
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Amman
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Kazakhstan
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Once contained a community of Nestorian Christians.
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900s BC
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Sayram
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Kenya
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Visited by Vasco da Gama and Zheng He.
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900 AD
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Mombasa
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Kiribati
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Site of the Battle of Drummond's Island, between members of the United States Exploring Expedition and the natives.
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before 1841 AD
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Utiroa
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Kuwait
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Home to the Kuwait Towers, a group of water towers.
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1613 AD
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Kuwait City
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Kyrgyzstan
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Was a major market along the Silk Road, with an outdoor bazaar that has occurred in the same spot for 2000 years.
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c.1000 BC
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Osh
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Laos
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Bullfights occur during the Hmong New Year here.
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c.400s BC
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Phonsavan
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Latvia
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Built on seven hills.
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800s AD
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Rēzekne
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Lebanon
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The word Bible may have originated with this city's name.
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8800 BC
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Byblos
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Lesotho
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Gives its name to its district. First inhabited by the San.
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before 1795 AD
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Mohale's Hoek
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Liberia
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More than 2,000 people here are employed by "Jungle Water Group of Investment".
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c.1450 AD
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Sanniquellie
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Libya
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Its old town became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1986. Has its own Berber language.
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4000s BC
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Ghadames
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Liechtenstein
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Seat of the royal family.
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before 1100s AD
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Vaduz
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Lithuania
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The Hill of Crosses is located nearby.
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1236 AD
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Šiauliai
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Luxembourg
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Used to contain Fort Thüngen until the Treaty of London.
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963 AD
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Luxembourg City
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Madagascar
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Was the political capital of the Merina Kingdom.
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1610 or 1625 AD
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Antananarivo
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Malawi
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The country's centre of finance and commerce.
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1876 AD
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Blantyre
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Malaysia
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Home to Ho Ann Kiong and Tien Hou Kong, Taoist temples.
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before 600s AD
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Kuala Terengganu
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Maldives
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White Terns nest here.
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c.1100 AD
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Addu City
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Mali
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Famous for its adobe mosque.
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c.200 BC
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Djenné
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Malta
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Hosts an annual festival celebrating the olive picking season.
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3600-3200 BC
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Żejtun
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Marshall Islands
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Began as a trading outpost of the German Empire
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1884 AD
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Delap-Uliga-Djarrit
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Mauritania
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Once the capital of the Emirate of Trarza.
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1640-1902 AD
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Rosso
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Mauritius
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Contains a Chinatown with a pagoda.
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1638 AD
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Port Louis
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Mexico
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An Olmec city, though it predates the civilisation. Ten carved heads were found here.
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1500 BC
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San Lorenzo
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Moldova
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Was inhabited by Thracians and Geto-Dacians. Capital of a district of the same name.
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5000-3000 BC
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Rezina
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Monaco
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Famous for its gambling industry.
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500s BC
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Monaco
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Mongolia
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Was the capital of the first Uyghur Khaganate.
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744 AD
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Ordu-Baliq
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Montenegro
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Home to a medieval Serbian Orthodox monastery complex.
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12,000-8,000 BC
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Pljevlja
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Morocco
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Birthplace of Ibn Battuta, also famous for being exotic.
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900s BC
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Tangier
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Mozambique
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Diving is popular in nearby coastal areas.
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1000s AD
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Inhambane
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Myanmar
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Founded by Princess Pan Htwar.
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c.200 BC
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Beikthano
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Namibia
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Home to the Mighty Gunners FC.
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1390 AD
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Otjiwarongo
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Nepal
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Famous for its temples. Part of the film Doctor Strange was set here.
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723 BC
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Kathmandu
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Netherlands
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Birthplace of the Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI.
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98 AD
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Nijmegen
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New Zealand
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(Two possible answers) A city known as a "gateway" to the Antarctic or a city that is home to New Zealand's largest port in terms of exports.
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1250 AD
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Christchurch or Tauranga
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Nicaragua
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(Two possible answers) Birthplace of José Areas or a city recognised for its restaurants.
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1524 AD
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León or Granada
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Niger
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Saw a lot of violence between 2007 and 2009.
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before 1300s AD
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Agadez
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Nigeria
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Has the same name as another African country.
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c.1000s AD
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Benin City
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North Korea
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Home to the unfinished and unoccupied Ryugyong Hotel.
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1122 BC
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Pyongyang
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North Macedonia
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Is the city with the largest Roma population in the world. Was a Muslim city until the 19th Century.
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4000s BC
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Skopje
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Norway
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Home to five nature reserves.
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800s AD
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Tønsberg
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Oman
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Has been an important trading port for a few millenia.
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6000s BC
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Muscat
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Pakistan
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The oldest ceramic figures in South Asia were found here.
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c.7000 BC
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Mehrgarh
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Panama
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Was the most significant port in the Americas between 1540 and 1580.
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1510 AD
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Nombre de Dios
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Papua New Guinea
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Queensland tried to annex the area around where the city is now in 1883.
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before 1873 AD
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Port Moresby
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Paraguay
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Home to the Palacio de los López.
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15th August 1537 AD
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Asunción
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Peru
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The oldest city in the Americas, built by the Norte Chico Civilisation.
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c.2600 BC
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Caral
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Philippines
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The second most natural disaster-afflicted capital city in the world.
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c.3000-2000 BC
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Manila
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Poland
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Its Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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c.800s AD
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Kraków
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Portugal
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Famous for its architecture, including the Belém Tower.
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1200 BC
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Lisbon
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Qatar
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Contains an artificial island called The Pearl-Qatar.
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before 1681 AD
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Doha
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Republic of the Congo
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(Two possible answers) A city home to Maya-Maya Airport or a city that is the centre of the oil industry in the country.
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1883 AD
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Brazzaville or Pointe-Noire
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Romania
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The city symbol is a church tower commonly called Stephen's Tower.
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c.3600 BC
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Piatra Neamț
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Russia
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Located on a narrow area between the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus mountains, this was once a Persian city.
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700s BC
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Derbent
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Rwanda
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The most notable feature of this city (now a town) is the King's Palace.
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1600s AD
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Nyanza
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Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Was destroyed by the Spanish but re-founded by the French.
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1538 AD
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Dieppe Bay Town
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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The chief port on St. Vincent, it is overlooked by Fort Charlotte.
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1722 AD
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Kingstown
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Samoa
|
Robert Louis Stevenson lived here towards the end of his life and died here.
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before 1800 AD
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Apia
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San Marino
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Founded by Saint Marinus.
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301 AD
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San Marino
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São Tomé and Príncipe
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Home to Fort São Sebastião, now a museum.
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1493 AD
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São Tomé
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Saudi Arabia
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Was called Adummatu by the Assyrians, who describe it as the capital of an Arab kingdom.
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900s BC
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Dumat al-Jandal
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Senegal
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Shares its name with a US city.
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c.1450 AD
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Saint-Louis
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Serbia
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Once the Roman settlement of Vinceia.
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7000-6000 BC
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Smederevo
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Seychelles
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Shares its name with a British queen.
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1778 AD
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Victoria
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Sierra Leone
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Started as a place for freed slaves to come to.
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1787 AD
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Freetown
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Singapore
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Known for being an environmentally-friendly city.
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before 650 AD
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Singapore
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Slovakia
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Home to a castle and located on a river, both of the same name as the city itself.
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before 1600 BC
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Nitra
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Slovenia
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The city hosts a ten-day festival called Kurentovanje.
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before 69 AD
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Ptuj
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Solomon Islands
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Location of the Battle of Guadalcanal.
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before 1942 AD
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Honiara
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Somalia
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Laal Geel complex, with its cave paintings, is located on the outskirts.
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c.5000-2000 BC
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Hargeisa
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South Africa
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Overlooked by Table Mountain.
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before 1652 AD
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Cape Town
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South Korea
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Hyundai Heavy Industries was founded here.
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c.5000 BC
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Ulsan
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South Sudan
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Was once a fishing village, but then became a trading depot.
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1860s AD
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Bor
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Spain
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Where Christopher Columbus sailed from on his second and fourth voyages.
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1104 BC
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Cádiz
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Sri Lanka
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Home to the Atamasthana.
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900s BC
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Anuradhapura
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Sudan
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This city was not founded by the Kingdom of Kush but was settled by it later on.
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c.3500 BC
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Kerma
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Suriname
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Located along the Suriname River.
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1603 AD
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Paramaribo
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Sweden
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Was an important location for worship of the Norse gods.
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200s AD
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Uppsala
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Switzerland
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Home to the Giger Bar, designed by H.R. Giger.
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3900-3500 BC
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Chur
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Syria
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Home to the Umayyad Mosque and famous for its age and the many cultures who've lived there.
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9000 BC
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Damascus
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Taiwan
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Home to seven Buddhist temples and eight Taoist shrines.
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1500s AD
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Tainan
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Tajikistan
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Was a major city along the Silk Road, it sits at the mouth of the Fergana Valley.
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544 BC
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Khujand
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Tanzania
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The old area of the city is called Stone Town.
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1700 AD
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Zanzibar City
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Thailand
|
Founded as a small, Khmer outpost. Home to Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat.
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1000s AD
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Phitsanulok
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The Gambia
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Home to Arch 22.
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before 1651 AD
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Banjul
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Togo
|
The Misahöhe Forest Reserve is located nearby.
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before 1700s AD
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Kpalimé
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Tonga
|
A new island was created by a volcanic eruption nearby.
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before 1777 AD
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Nukuʻalofa
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Trinidad and Tobago
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Home to the Nicholas Tower.
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1560 AD
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Port of Spain
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Tunisia
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Was a strategic port during World War Two.
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1100 BC
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Bizerte
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Turkey
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People traveled around the city and entered the houses via the rooves.
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c.7500 BC
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Çatalhöyük
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Turkmenistan
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Was destroyed by a Mongol horde in 1221 after opening its gates; it was rebuilt later.
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2000s BC
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Merv
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Tuvalu
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People moved to here after missionaries arrived.
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1800s AD
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Savave
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Uganda
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Home to a University of Science and Technology.
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1899 AD
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Mbarara
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Ukraine
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The second capital of Russia.
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482 AD (possibly 100s AD)
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Kiev
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United Arab Emirates
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Home to Al Jahili Fort.
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c.6000s BC
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Al Ain
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United Kingdom
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Famous for its cathedral.
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before 54 BC
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Canterbury
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United States
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Consists of mounds.
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600 AD
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Cahokia
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Uruguay
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Home to the Basilica of the Holy Sacrament.
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1680 AD
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Colonia del Sacramento
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Uzbekistan
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Was the capital of Sogdiana and the Timurid Empire.
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700s BC
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Samarkand
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Vanuatu
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Preceded by the settlement of Franceville. Was heavily damaged by Cyclone Pam.
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1200s BC
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Port Vila
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Venezuela
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Shares its name with a Spanish city.
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c.200 AD
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Valencia
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Vietnam
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Home to Đồng Xuân Market and the Temple of Literature.
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3000 BC
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Hanoi
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Yemen
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Home to Ghumdan Palace and a Great Mosque.
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before 300 BC
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Sana'a
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Zambia
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Named after a famous explorer.
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1897 AD
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Livingstone
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Zimbabwe
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Consists of enclosures and towers.
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1000s AD
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Great Zimbabwe
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