| Description | City |
| First great city of the Middle East | |
| Capital of the Minoan civilization; problem with tidal waves | |
| Nebuchadnezzar's capital city; had a pretty nice garden | |
| Democracy's birthplace | |
| Rome v. _________ in the Punic Wars | |
| Most important city in Islam | |
| Great Persian city under the Abbasids | |
| New capital of the Eastern Roman Empire | |
| | Description | City |
| Largest island of Japan | |
| Capital of the Khmer Empire in present day Cambodia; _______ Wat | |
| Crusdades were all about taking back this city | |
| Important trading city of Mali; most people don't even know it's a real city | |
| Aztec capital city | |
| Athens v. __________ in the Peloponnesian War | |
| Eastern European city on the Dnieper River; trading hub for vikings and Byzantium | |
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