[{"n": "Harappa", "u": "/e/ancient-cities/harappa/", "s": "Type site of the Indus Valley Civilisation."}, {"n": "Hattusa", "u": "/e/ancient-cities/hattusa/", "s": "Capital of the Hittite Empire"}, {"n": "Knossos", "u": "/e/ancient-cities/knossos/", "s": "Largest centre of Minoan civilisation and oldest city in Europe."}, {"n": "Londinium", "u": "/e/ancient-cities/londinium/", "s": "Roman London, a key commercial and administrative centre of Britannia."}, {"n": "Memphis, Egypt", "u": "/e/ancient-cities/memphis-egypt/", "s": "Ancient capital of Egypt, home to the Temple of Ptah and gateway to the pyramids."}, {"n": "Miletus", "u": "/e/ancient-cities/miletus/", "s": "Ancient Greek city on the coast of Anatolia, cradle of philosophy and maritime power."}, {"n": "Mohenjo-daro", "u": "/e/ancient-cities/mohenjo-daro/", "s": "Ancient city of the Indus Valley Civilisation"}, {"n": "Pella", "u": "/e/ancient-cities/pella/", "s": "Ancient capital of Macedon, birthplace of Alexander the Great."}, {"n": "Sarai (city)", "u": "/e/ancient-cities/sarai-city/", "s": "Capital of the Golden Horde on the lower Volga."}, {"n": "Sijilmasa", "u": "/e/ancient-cities/sijilmasa/", "s": "Medieval Moroccan trade entrepôt at the edge of the Sahara."}, {"n": "Smyrna", "u": "/e/ancient-cities/smyrna/", "s": "Ancient Greek city on the Aegean coast, now İzmir."}, {"n": "Susa", "u": "/e/ancient-cities/susa/", "s": "Ancient city, capital of Elam and Achaemenid winter capital."}, {"n": "Tikal", "u": "/e/ancient-cities/tikal/", "s": "Ancient Maya city and powerful kingdom in the Guatemalan rainforest."}, {"n": "Heijō-kyō", "u": "/e/ancient-cities/heij-ky/", "s": "Japan's first international capital, modeled after Tang-dynasty Chang'an."}, {"n": "Heliopolis (ancient Egypt)", "u": "/e/ancient-cities/heliopolis-ancient-egypt/", "s": "Ancient Egyptian city of the sun, home to the oldest surviving obelisk."}, {"n": "Karakorum", "u": "/e/ancient-cities/karakorum/", "s": "Ancient capital of the Mongol Empire"}, {"n": "Kerma", "u": "/e/ancient-cities/kerma/", "s": "Capital of the Kingdom of Kerma, a major Nubian urban center."}, {"n": "Kernavė", "u": "/e/ancient-cities/kernav/", "s": "Medieval capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania."}, {"n": "Lutetia", "u": "/e/ancient-cities/lutetia/", "s": "Gallo–Roman town that became the predecessor of modern Paris."}, {"n": "Mahasthangarh", "u": "/e/ancient-cities/mahasthangarh/", "s": "Earliest urban archaeological site discovered in Bangladesh."}, {"n": "Meroë", "u": "/e/ancient-cities/mero/", "s": "Ancient capital of Kush, famed for its pyramids and iron industry."}, {"n": "Merv", "u": "/e/ancient-cities/merv/", "s": "Ancient Silk Road city and capital of empires."}, {"n": "Mycenae", "u": "/e/ancient-cities/mycenae/", "s": "Major centre of Mycenaean civilization in the second millennium BC."}, {"n": "Nicomedia", "u": "/e/ancient-cities/nicomedia/", "s": "Ancient Greek city, Roman eastern capital, center of Christian persecution."}, {"n": "Nineveh", "u": "/e/ancient-cities/nineveh/", "s": "Nineveh was an ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia, part of the Near East, and now lies within the modern Iraqi "}, {"n": "Palmyra", "u": "/e/ancient-cities/palmyra/", "s": "Ancient Syrian oasis city, Silk Road hub, and short-lived empire."}, {"n": "Pataliputra", "u": "/e/ancient-cities/pataliputra/", "s": "Ancient Indian capital city at the confluence of the Son and Ganges."}, {"n": "Pergamon", "u": "/e/ancient-cities/pergamon/", "s": "Ancient Greek city and capital of the Attalid kingdom."}, {"n": "Philippi", "u": "/e/ancient-cities/philippi/", "s": "Ancient Macedonian city, Roman colony, and early Christian site."}, {"n": "Sybaris", "u": "/e/ancient-cities/sybaris/", "s": "Wealthy, hedonistic, and lost: the ancient Greek city of Sybaris."}, {"n": "Ugarit", "u": "/e/ancient-cities/ugarit/", "s": "Ancient Levantine city that developed the oldest known alphabet."}, {"n": "Uruk", "u": "/e/ancient-cities/uruk/", "s": "Ancient Sumerian city, largest urban area of its time."}]