His point was that it’s impossible to even construct the word Xanadu in Mandarin, thus he thought that it must be wrong. It would be like me telling you that there is a city in the UK called Новгород. You would immediately recognize that as being problematic.
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.
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.
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.
A big name with a big history, but not someone I learned alot about. Nor in later years hear a lot of info on, just, gets, mentioned now and then, would definitely not call most famous. So many people more famous. Cleopatra, hitler, elvis the list is rather endless.
I would argue even cthulhu is more famous he pops up in wayy more places, books, videogames, memes, tshirts (and basicly any product you can think of that is printed with an image) You havent made it untill you are on a tshirt and fanfiction is being made about you!
Agreed. The country was England (technically Brittania) when those cities Aquae Sulis and Eboracum were named that (now Bath and York - both in England).
No, the country was the Roman Empire when those cities were named that. And now, they're in the UK. England is not a country in the same sense as the others in the quiz. It's just a subdivision that happens to be called a "country".
Ravenna is still a city in Italy, a well known one nonetheless, so I'd correct that and put another city, because although it is true that Ravenna used to be the Capital city and now it's not anymore, the city still exists.
Oh whatever you didn't say that you need country names so I kept typing city names. :(
Oldest Cities by Country
"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.
its where Ghengis Kahn ruled.
I thought he was the most famous person rivalled only by Jesus christ, Muhammad and Confucius.
I would argue even cthulhu is more famous he pops up in wayy more places, books, videogames, memes, tshirts (and basicly any product you can think of that is printed with an image) You havent made it untill you are on a tshirt and fanfiction is being made about you!
And, yes, England IS a country
Got stuck a bit on UK but made it, finally!
Thanks )