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  2. List of cities of the ancient Near East - Wikipedia

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    The earliest cities in history were in the ancient Near East, an area covering roughly that of the modern Middle East: its history began in the 4th millennium BC and ended, depending on the interpretation of the term, either with the conquest by the Achaemenid Empire in the 6th century BC or with that by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC.

  3. Utica, Tunisia - Wikipedia

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    Utica (/ ˌ j uː t ɪ k ə /) was an ancient Phoenician and Carthaginian city located near the outflow of the Medjerda River into the Mediterranean, between Carthage in the south and Hippo Diarrhytus (present-day Bizerte) in the north. It is traditionally considered to be the first colony to have been founded by the Phoenicians in North Africa ...

  4. North Africa during classical antiquity - Wikipedia

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    Northern Africa in antiquity (map related to the period under Roman rule) The history of North Africa during the period of classical antiquity (c. 8th century BCE – 5th century CE) can be divided roughly into the history of Egypt in the east, the history of ancient Libya in the middle and the history of Numidia and Mauretania in the west.

  5. List of palindromic places - Wikipedia

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    A palindromic place is a city or town whose name can be read the same forwards or backwards. An example of this would be Navan in Ireland. Some of the entries on this list are only palindromic if the next administrative division they are a part of is also included in the name, such as Adaven, Nevada.

  6. List of former national capitals - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Egypt: Egypt: 3150 BC 2160 BC Moved to Henen-Nesut. The Ancient Greeks called the city Memphis, its native name was Inbu-Hedj. Qal'at Bani Hammad: Hammadid dynasty: Algeria: c. 1007 1090 Moved to Béjaïa: Tagdemt: Emirate of Abdelkader: Algeria: 1835 1847 Tahert Rustamid dynasty: Algeria: 777 909 Thebes: Ancient Egypt: Egypt: 2134 BC ...

  7. Ancient Africa - Wikipedia

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    The Ancient Egyptians established ties with the Land of Punt in 2,350 BC. Punt was a trade partner of Ancient Egypt and it is believed that it was located in modern-day Somalia, Djibouti or Eritrea. [4] Phoenician cities such as Carthage were part of the Mediterranean Iron Age and classical antiquity.

  8. List of World Heritage Sites in North Africa - Wikipedia

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    The city was abandoned in 250 BCE during the First Punic War, and is the only surviving example of a Phoenicio–Punic settlement. [35] Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared Heritage Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer,

  9. List of ancient cities in Thrace and Dacia - Wikipedia

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    Dacian towns and fortresses in Dacia during Burebista Onomastic range of some towns with the dava ending. Many city names were composed of an initial lexical element affixed to -dava, -daua, -deva, -deba, -daba, or -dova, which meant "city" or "town" Endings on more southern regions are exclusively -bria ("town, city"), -disza, -diza, -dizos ("fortress, walled settlement"), -para, -paron ...