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Located on island of Luzon
Previous Philippines capital (1949-1976)
Named for early president

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QUEZON CITY

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Capital of the Philippines
Located on island of Luzon

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MANILA

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Ruins
Seat of King Minos’ rule & the Minoan civilization
Located on Crete’s northern coast
Site of a 1700 B.C. earthquake

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KNOSSOS

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Capital & largest city of Crete

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HERAKLION

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Adriatic city, now Italian but previously Austro-Hungarian, Yugoslavian, & independent
One end of Churchill’s “Iron Curtain”
Also called Tergeste

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TRIESTE

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Main city of Israel’s Negev region
Home of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Means “7 wells” or “well of the oath”

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BEERSHEBA

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Sicilian capital & largest city
Also called “Panormus”
Tyrrhenian port
Founded 8th C. by Phoenicians

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PALERMO

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Sicilian city facing mainland across same named strait
Setting of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing”
1908 earthquake

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MESSINA

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Greek city on Peloponnese
Capital of Messenia
Birthplace of Yanni & a type of olive

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KALAMATA

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Sicilian town for which a fortified wine is named

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MARSALA

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Southwest German city with the country’s oldest university
In 1907, an early “Homo” specimen was discovered nearby

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HEIDELBERG

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2nd largest city in Yemen
Name shared with a gulf
In 2000, the USS Cole was attacked while docked there

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ADEN

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Yemen port city famed for its coffee
Now a term for coffee with chocolate

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MOCHA/MOKHA

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Briefly Pakistan’s capital
Very close to current capital Islamabad

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RAWALPINDI

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In the Wienerwald (Vienna Woods)
Site of 1889 “incident” in which Austria-Hungary’s crown prince Rudolf died mysteriously

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MAYERLING

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Austria’s 2nd largest city
Birthplace of Archduke Franz Ferdinand & Arnold Schwarzenegger

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GRAZ

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On the Inn river
Winter Olympics site of 1964 & 1976
Austrian city

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INNSBRUCK

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German city on the Elbe
Home of fine china/porcelain along with nearby Meissen
Firebombed by the Americans/British in Feb. 1945
Experienced by American POW Kurt Vonnegut

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DRESDEN

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Japan’s 2nd or 3rd largest city
Canals
Host of 1970 World’s Fair
Located on Honshu

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OSAKA

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Town in western Sicily
Makes a fortified wine named for it

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MARSALA

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West Bengal town in Himalayas
Home of a black tea

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DARJEELING

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Portugal’s 2nd largest city
“Cidade Invicta” (invincible city)
Located on the Douro river estuary

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Austria’s 4th largest city (& a state)
Mozart’s 1756 birthplace
Home to Mirabell Palace & Gardens (used in the filming of “The Sound of Music”)
Name means “salt mountain”

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Japanese town
Changed name from KOROMO in 1959 due to local industry

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Town of County Meath, Ireland Home to an Abbey that was home to a famous illuminated manuscript
KELLS
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Phoenician for "New City" In modern Tunisia Founded ~800 BCE under queen Dido
CARTHAGE
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Fought Rome in Punic Wars Cato said it "must be destroyed", which it was in 146 BCE Taken by Vandals ~500 CE
CARTHAGE
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Colombian seaport on Caribbean Inquisition center of Americas Where Bolivar wrote 1812 manifesto Named for Phoenician city Also a Spanish port on Mediterranean
CARTAGENA (DE INDIAS)
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Japanese city On Osaka Bay, Honshu Capital of Hyogo prefecture Sister of Seattle 1995 earthquake Famed for its Wagyu beef
KOBE
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Scottish town In 1988, a Libyan terrorist blew up Pan Am flight 103 overhead, scattering the town with wreckage
LOCKERBIE
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Italian city in Tuscany Near the mouth of the Arno Historic home to Fibonacci (c. 1170) & Galileo (1564) Served by Galileo Galilei airport
PISA
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Italian city in Tuscany On the Arno Historic home of Brunelleschi, Dante, da Vinci, the Medici, Michelangelo's "David" "Birthplace of the Renaissance" Setting of "The Decameron" and "A Room With a View"
FLORENCE (FIRENZE)
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Italian city where you'll find the Ponte Vecchio, Palazzo Vecchio (town hall), Brunelleschi's "Duomo", Pitti Palace, & the Uffizi
FLORENCE
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Ruins of a former Egyptian capital south of Cairo Namesake of a city in Tennessee
MEMPHIS
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Phoenician city in Lebanon Biblical home of Hiram & Shakespearean home of "Prince" Pericles Created a purple dye from Murex snails
TYRE
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Swiss resort town with alpine skiing Twice hosted winter Olympics (1928 & 1948)
ST. MORITZ
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French city on the Rhine Seat of European Parliament Located in the region of Alsace
STRASBOURG
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Ancient trading post in Mali near the Niger River & the Sahara Includes a mosque funded by Mansa Musa Fabled & mysterious to Europeans until 1800s when they were allowed to visit Nowadays used as a metaphor meaning somewhere remote
TIMBUKTU
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Sacred city in Sri Lanka Includes a Temple of the Tooth (of Buddha) Sounds sweet
KANDY
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City on Honshu Site of 1998 Winter Olympics, which had owl mascots and the first snowboarding events
NAGANO
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Afghanistan's 2nd largest city after Kabul Founded by Alexander ~330 BCE as "Iskandar" Previous capital until 1776 when it was moved to Kabul Capital of the same-named province Home to Ahmad Shah's tomb
KANDAHAR
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German city near Hamburg & Seltzer "Meadow baths" Site of American military bases, including one where John McEnroe was born
WIESBADEN
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Belgian port on the river Scheldt in Flanders Hub of the international diamond trade Home to Van Dyck and a museum dedicated to Rubens
ANTWERP
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Europe's biggest seaport with a shipping & shipbuilding tradition Located at the mouth of Meuse, Rhine, & Nieuwe Waterweg ("New Waterway", opened 1872) Bombed by Germany in WWII Home of Erasmus and birthplace of Willem de Kooning Home to an international film festival represented by a tiger
ROTTERDAM
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Sicily's 2nd largest city (after Palermo) Seaport
CATANIA
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Japan's highest mountain Volcano located on Honshu Visible in Lake Kawaguchi Subject of Hokusai's "36 views"
MOUNT FUJI
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City in Sinaloa on the Gulf of California Mexico's largest Pacific port Part of the Mexican "Riviera"
MAZATLAN
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Largest city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua Named for 1860s president Previously called "El Paso del Norte" Across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas
(CIUDAD) JUAREZ
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Port city Ecuador's largest On the Guayas River 1822 meeting place of San Martin & Bolivar
GUAYAQUIL
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Germany's 2nd largest city after Berlin On the Elbe River Home of Brahms & Merkel Site of many early Beatles shows
HAMBURG
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Dutch city Namesake of NYC neighbourhood Tulip city Home of Frans Hals
HAARLEM

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