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City, which was destroyed after the 3. Punic War, home of Hannibal
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Carthage
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Was destroyed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79
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Pompeii
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Mesopotamnian city with the hanging gardens, symbol of evil in the Revelations
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Babylon
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City, which was abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster
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Pripyat
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Powerful assyrian city, in the Old Testament Prophet Jonah has to preach to its people
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Nineveh
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Capital of Siam and once one of the most important trading cities of Asia
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Ayutthaya
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Important trading city of the Bronze Age south to the Hittite Empire, developed the first alphabet
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Ugarit
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Sumerian city, which gave Iraq its name and was the biggest city in Sumeria
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Uruk
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Gave Syria and three powerful empires of the Bronze and Iron Age its name
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Assur
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City in modern day Turkey, Homer writes about a siege of this city in the Illiad
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Troy
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Athens main enemy in the Peleponesian War, known for his very militaristic traditions
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Sparta
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Capital of the Khmer Empire, which was home to the biggest temple complex of the world
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Angkor
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Capital of the Seleucid Empire and one of the biggest cities of the Roman Empire, Saint Paul was its Bishop
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Antioch
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Capital of the Nabataeans, which included big temples, that were carved in a rock
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Petra
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Important trading center in northern Germany in the early Middle Ages, which was founded by Scandinavians
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Haitabu
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City at the west coast of Turkey, its temple for Goddess Artemis/Diana was one of the Seven World Wonders
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Ephesos
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Sumerian city which became capital of the first empire after the conquests of King Sargon
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Akkad
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Capital of Archaemedid Persia and name of a French/Iranian graphic novel/movie
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Persepolis
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Capital of the Parthian and Sasanian Empire in modern day Iraq
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Ctesiphon
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Greek Bronze Age City with mythical kings like Perseus, Agamemnon and Orestes
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Mycenae
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City in modern day Syria, was important City in roman times and capital of a short lived empire in the 3. Century
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Palmyra
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Important greek city in Turkey during hellenistic and roman times, gave parchment its name
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Pergamon
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Capital of the Minoan Empire, in mythology home to the minotaur in its labyrinth
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Knossos
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Sumerian city, which was the home town of Abraham according to the Old Testament
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Ur
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Mayan city of the late classic period, popular for tourists for its castillo pyramid
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Chichen Itza
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City in Gaul, where Caesar triumphet over Vercingetorix and finished the Gallic Wars
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Alesia
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