Ancient Cities
32 entries in the Ancient Cities compendium.
HarappaType site of the Indus Valley Civilisation.HattusaCapital of the Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age.Heijō-kyōJapan's first international capital, modeled after Tang-dynasty Chang'an.Heliopolis (ancient Egypt)Ancient Egyptian city, capital of the 13th Nome, center of solar worship.KarakorumKarakorum (Halh Mongolian: Хархорум, Kharkhorum; Mongolian script: ᠬᠠᠷᠠᠬᠣᠷᠣᠮ, Qaraqorum) sKermaCapital of the Kingdom of Kerma, a major Nubian urban center.KernavėMedieval capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.KnossosLargest centre of Minoan civilisation and oldest city in Europe.LondiniumRoman London, a key commercial and administrative centre of Britannia.LutetiaGallo–Roman town that became the predecessor of modern Paris.MahasthangarhEarliest urban archaeological site discovered in Bangladesh.Memphis, EgyptAncient capital of Egypt, center of Ptah worship.MeroëAncient capital of Kush, famed for its pyramids and iron industry.MervAncient Silk Road city and capital of empires.MiletusAncient Greek city, home of the Milesian school of philosophy.Mohenjo-daroMajor city of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation.MycenaeMajor centre of Mycenaean civilization in the second millennium BC.NicomediaAncient Greek city, Roman eastern capital, center of Christian persecution.NinevehNineveh was an ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia, part of the Near East, and now lies withPalmyraAncient Syrian oasis city, Silk Road hub, and short-lived empire.PataliputraAncient Indian capital city at the confluence of the Son and Ganges.PellaCapital of ancient Macedon, birthplace of Philip II and Alexander the Great.PergamonAncient Greek city and capital of the Attalid kingdom.PhilippiAncient Macedonian city, Roman colony, and early Christian site.Sarai (city)Capital of the Golden Horde on the lower Volga.SijilmasaMedieval Moroccan trade hub at the Sahara's edge.SmyrnaAncient Greek city on the Aegean coast, later İzmir.SusaAncient city, capital of Elam and Achaemenid winter capital.SybarisAncient Greek colony famed for wealth and luxury.TikalAncient Maya city and powerful kingdom in the Guatemalan rainforest.UgaritAncient Levantine city that developed the oldest known alphabet.UrukAncient Sumerian city, largest urban area of its time.
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