Ancient Cities Quiz

Hey I'm Chinese how come I don't know there's a place called Xanadu, and it's wrong spelling. It's Chengdu. Oh whatever you didn't say that you need country names so I kept typing city names. :(

Xanadu is Marco Polo's spelling of Shangdu 上都 during the Yuan dynasty, not Chengdu.

I'm Chinese, too and I know Xanadu. Xanadu was the vacation capital of Kublai Khan. It is located in modern-day Shangdu.

So, where's the sacred river Alph? The caves of ice?

I just though of ELO.

Machu Picchu is spelled with two Cs.

Only 19% got Karakorum... easy for me... but probably only because I'm used to seeing it as the capital city when you play as the Mongols in any of the Civilization computer games. oh and, though I'm sure I plug it enough already, oldest cities 2 of these clues are among the oldest continually-inhabited places on Earth.

Exposure to Civilization III since the age of six is paying off now that I've found this website!

Here's an easier version of the same quiz I linked to above:

Oldest Cities by Country

I don't play civilization, but I learned about the Mongol empire, so yah.

I too owe a great debt to Civ.

There's a mountain range by that name in China/Pakistan/India and, consequently, the name is used to brand a lot of mountaineering products. That might have steered some people away from Mongolia.

ancient cities, many in the middle east and not one is israel?

Yeah, they should drop one of the Iraq cities and add Acre as one of the cities.

Why is Knossos "Greece (Crete)"? Also, maybe put Shangdu instead of Xanadu? It's a far more common name

Crete is not a country, it belongs to Greece.

Exactly! So what's the point of mentioning Crete? I was wondering the same thing...

Haha, over a year later and still there... now I have another slight gripe or two, why call it Kharakhorum? Never seen that transcription before. And maybe accept Syria for Antioch? It's called "Syrian Antioch" and is located in an area that Syria disputes, and was traditionally historically Syrian for that claim.

Timbuktu still exists, same city, same location.

With that logic, Carthage still exists

What logic? The city still does exist and is still called Timbuktu.

Thanks for mentioning Nineveh, it took me back to schooldays and to 'Cargoes' a poem By John Masefield that starts ................. "QUINQUIREME of Nineveh from distant Ophir, Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine................ I loved that poem when I was a day-dreaming little boy.

Constantinople is Istanbul

I thought it was Timbikuku

antioch is in syria !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Got 'em all except Kharakhorum... tried India and all -stans

How did I miss Timbuktu, Mali?

cant believe kharakorum was least famous! its where Ghengis Kahn ruled. I thought he was the most famous person rivalled only by Jesus christ, Muhammad and Confucius.

I think that Cahokia would be a great addition to this quiz.