Ancient Cities 1-24
24 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.KarakorumIts ruins lie in the northwestern corner of the Övörkhangai Province of modern-day MongoliKermaCapital 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 Near Eastern city of Upper Mesopotamia, located in the modern-day cPalmyraAncient 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.
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