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1. This seaport city of Vietnam was formerly called Tourane. It was the site of a U.S.military base from 1965-1975.
2. Formerly called Stalinabad (1929-1961) this city is the capital of Tajikistan.
3. Once called Bida, this city is the capital of Qatar.
4. Which city once the capital of the Mogul province of East Bengal (1608-1704) is now the capital of Bangladesh?
5. 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.
6. This city in Saudi Arabia was the former capital of the Wahhabis.
7. 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...
8. 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.
9. Which city in the Philippines was founded in 1849? In the 20th century it developed as a part of a Japanese colony.
10. Formerly the capital of Portuguese Timor, this city is now the capital of independent East Timor.
11. Known as Amida in ancient times, this (now Turkish) city became a Roman colony in 230 AD.
12. Which city is the capital of Bali province, Indonesia?
13. Once known as Aulie Ata, this town on the Turkistan-Siberian railroad in Kazakhstan has recently been renamed Taraz.
14. This city in north Turkmenistan, on the Uzbek border, is the third largest of Turkmenistan.
15. 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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