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This seaport city of Vietnam was formerly called Tourane. It was the site of a U.S.military base from 1965-1975. |
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Formerly called Stalinabad (1929-1961) this city is the capital of Tajikistan. |
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Once called Bida, this city is the capital of Qatar. |
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Which city once the capital of the Mogul province of East Bengal (1608-1704) is now the capital of Bangladesh? |
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The British and Arabs occupied this city from the Ottoman Turks in 1918 until it was seized by France in 1920. It was the residence of the caliphs 661-750. |
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This city in Saudi Arabia was the former capital of the Wahhabis. |
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Harun al-Rashid, the caliph of Bagdhad 766-809, made this city his residence and a cultural center. Note: Some formalists may claim that the city is in Europe, not in Asia... |
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This city was made the capital of India in the mid-14th century by Muhammed Ibn Tughluq who gave it its present name. After 1707 it came into the possession of the Nizam of Hyderabad. |
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Which city in the Philippines was founded in 1849? In the 20th century it developed as a part of a Japanese colony. |
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Formerly the capital of Portuguese Timor, this city is now the capital of independent East Timor. |
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Known as Amida in ancient times, this (now Turkish) city became a Roman colony in 230 AD. |
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Which city is the capital of Bali province, Indonesia? |
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Once known as Aulie Ata, this town on the Turkistan-Siberian railroad in Kazakhstan has recently been renamed Taraz. |
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This city in north Turkmenistan, on the Uzbek border, is the third largest of Turkmenistan. |
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This city in Iran is near the site of ancient Hecatompylos, and was for a time the capital of the kingdom of Parthia. |
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