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Fun Trivia: A : Ancient History

Special Sub-Topic: Chief Cities of Ancient Middle East Empires


Assyria.

    Nineveh. Its ruins are on the Tigris river, Iraq. The greatest development took place under Sennacherib (705-681 BC).

Babylonia.
    Babylon. The ruins are situated near the present city of Hilla, Iraq. It was capital of both the old and the new Empire of Babylonia (Chaldea).

Persia.
    Persepolis. Persepolis was partially destroyed by Alexander the Great in 330 BC.

Edom.
    Petra. Petra is a notable rock city in a gorge near Jebel Harun in present- day Jordan.

Macedonia.
    Pella. Alexander the Great was born here.

Media. (Media Magna).
    Ecbatana. Ecbatana (nowadays: Hamadan, Iran) was the capital of one part of Media (Media Magna), whereas Gazaca was the capital of Media Atropatene.

Phoenicia.
    Tyre. Tyre is situated in what is nowadays Lebanon. It was a dominant sea power under the Phoenicians. It was besieged and captured by Alexander the Great in 332 BC.

Parthia.
    Ctesiphon. The ruins are situated in nowadays Iraq. It was later the capital of the Sassanian Empire.

Lydia.
    Sardis. Sardis was situated near nowadays Izmir (Smyrna). It was an important city in Roman and Byzantine times.

Cappadocia.
    Caesarea Mazaca. The city is today called Kayseri (Turkey).

Mysia.
    Pergamum. Pergamum later became the capital of an Empire covering most of West Asia Minor.

Caria.
    Halicarnassus. Halicarnassus was the site of the Mausoleum which ranked as one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

Armenia.
    Artaxata. Artaxata was ruined by the Romans in 58 AD.

Bithynia.
    Nicomedia. Nicomedia is today's Izmit, Turkey.

Phrygia.
    Gordium. It was here that Alexander the Great supposedly cut the "Gordian knot".

Egypt.
    Alexandria. Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great in 332 BC and became the center of the Hellenistic culture.

Asia (the Roman capital of)
    Ephesus. Ephesus was one of the 12 Ionian cities conquered by the Persians. Its democracy was restored by Alexander the Great in 332 BC. It came to the Romans from the king of Pergamum.

Syria.
    Antioch. The ruins of Antioch are situated near Yalves, Turkey. The city was visited by St.Paul.

Galatia.
    Ancyra. Ancyra is today's Ankara, capital of Turkey.

Palestine.
    Caesarea. Caesarea (modern: Qisarya) was situated on the coast of Samaria. It is frequently mentioned in the New Testament.

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