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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
Sao Paulo
New York
Osaka
Jakarta
Oslo
Rome
Vienna
Copenhagen
Montreal
Shanghai
Seoul
Munich
Antwerp
Madrid
Auckland
Helsinki
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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
Mecca
Thessaloniki
Granada
Ardabil
Mumbai
Ohrid
Asmara
Zagreb
Kuwait City
Aden
Baku
Tashkent
Isfahan
Plovdiv
Venice
Kazan
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NO
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
Avignon
Izmir
Damascus
Istanbul
Ravenna
Nicosia
Rome
Tripoli
Turin
Florence
Byblos
İzmit
Antalya
Sofia
Alexandria
Milan
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NO
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
Manaus
Buenos Aires
Georgetown
Bogotá
Sao Paulo
Santiago
Asunción
Cayenne
Caracas
Paramaribo
Montevideo
Belo Horizonte
La Paz
Quito
Lima
Rio de Janeiro
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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
St. Louis
Islamabad
Busan
Vladivostok
Mogadishu
Haifa
Budapest
Cape Town
Bonn
Ashgabat
Recife
Brasília
Tirana
Nairobi
Nur-Sultan
Sydney
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NO
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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Crem
+2
Level 68
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
+2
Level 79
Oct 30, 2020
Yes, turns out it did. Has been changed.
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