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1. This city was capital of Burma from the 14th to the 18th century + 1823-27.
2. This city was capital of Thailand ca.1450-1767.
3. This city was capital of Indonesia 1945-49.
4. This city was capital of "Malaysia" 1826-36. Of course the name Malaysia didn´t exist then, but about the same area (minus North Borneo, plus Singapore) was called Staits Settlements from 1826, and later Malaya.
5. This city was capital of China in some periods from 247 BC to 907 AD. It was first called Hsien-yang, then under Han rule Changan, and again under Tang rule Siking. Marco Polo knew it as Kenzanfu. What is it called today?
6. This city was capital of India 268-232 BC.
7. The capital of Turkmenistan is now called Ashgabat. What was it called 1917-27?
8. The capital of Kazakhstan is now called Nur-Sultan. What was the same city called before?
9. The capital of Kyrgyzstan is now called Bishkek. What was it called 1878-1926?
10. The capital of Tajikistan is now called Dushanbe. What was it called 1929-61?
11. The capital of (South) Korea is today known as Seoul. But what was the same city called as capital of the entire Korea under Japanese rule 1910-45?
12. Today the capital of Argentina is Buenos Aires. But what was the capital of "Argentina" 1538-80? The region was in those days called Rio de La Plata and included most of today´s Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia.
13. This was the capital of Cuba 1522-1589.
14. Under Spanish rule Mexico was partitioned between New Galicia in the North and Vice Royalty of New Spain in the South. (The latter also included all of Central America). The capital of New Spain was Tenochtitlán. But what was the capital of New Galicia?
15. Capital of Taiwan is today Taipei. The same city was also capital under Japanese rule 1895-1945, but what did the Japanese call it?
16. Capital of Japan is Tokyo, but what was it called before?
17. Paris, the capital of France, was called _______ by the Romans?
18. Vienna, the capital of Austria, was called _______ by the Romans?
19. Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, was called______ by the Romans?
20. Budapest, the capital of Hungary, was called ________ by the Romans?
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