ASIAN CITIES
There being no "New" city yet, the 1911 Britannica calls it an "ancient capital" & a "huddle of mean houses in mean streets"
Delhi
Halfway between Hawaii & Australia, Howland Island was a designated refueling spot for her in 1937, but she never made it
Amelia Earhart
The code of this Amorite king noted that if a physician used a bronze lancet to save a patient, he would get 10 shekels of silver
Hammurabi
In 1936, the U.S. established a gold bullion depository at this site, now also home to the General Patton Museum of Leadership
Fort Knox
It's the Bulgarian capital, with St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in the center
Sofia
This Qatari capital is home to the Museum of Islamic Art, housed in a building designed by I.M. Pei
Doha
Palmyra Atoll is home to the world's largest land invertebrate, the robber type of this crustacean; it can open coconuts
a crab
Walking through a fancy bronze gate with symbols of Marduk would get you into this ancient Persian city on the Euphrates
Babylon
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Last name of the man of Scottish ancestry who moved to Eastern Kentucky in 1804 & whose descendants were part of a nasty feud with the Hatfields.
Much of this present-day capital stands on the former bed of Lake Texcoco
Mexico City
Life's no day at the beach in Ürümqi, China, 1,400 miles from the nearest ocean & the scene of 2009 riots by these oppressed Muslims
the Uyghur
Named for a British sea captain, Wake Island was used in 1975 to process refugees from this country that soon ceased to exist
South Vietnam
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The Bronze Age was spread through Europe by the Bell-Beaker people from this southwestern peninsula
Iberian
Few foresaw worldwide expansion when this man opened a restaurant as part of a gas station in Corbin, Kentucky in 1929
Col. Sanders
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Chosen for its central location, it replaced Lagos as an official capital back in the 1990s
Abuja
This Lebanese city was created when 3 sections settled by people from Tyre, Sidon & Arvad merged into one city
Tripoli
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BeirutPuerto Rico is the easternmost island in this "Greater" chain that includes Jamaica & Cuba
Antilles
Some believe these mysterious invaders who plagued Egypt were a factor in the collapse of the Bronze Age
Sea Peoples
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This plant that produces fiber for rope was a big part of Kentucky's slavery economy; it returned to legal status in the 2010s
hemp
This capital of a sultanate shares its name with one of the oldest known grape varieties
Muscat
Home to Russia's Pacific Fleet, this city lies close to the border with China & North Korea
Vladivostok
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Saipan, the capital of these "Northern" islands in Micronesia, was the site of a major 1944 battle
Northern Mariana Islands
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Solomon
One of the oldest sources of Bronze Age culture was this island group between Attica & Crete
The Cyclades
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In the 1850s, while the Washington Monument was under construction, Lexington unveiled the monument to this wigged politician
Henry Clay
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They're the world capital & its country whose names both end with the Spanish word for water
Nicaragua and Managua
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