Sunday, October 11, 2009

Help with World History ABC Book!!! I need all the help I can get!!?

I'm doing places for my history ABC book, and I need cities/countries/etc. basically places that start with the following letters:


H


K


N


O


X





By the way, they have to be ancient cities or places that were important in early civilizations. PLEASE HELP!!!
Help with World History ABC Book!!! I need all the help I can get!!?
Heliopolis
Help with World History ABC Book!!! I need all the help I can get!!?
Seems a silly question for a teacher to ask. There are so many more important issues than city names.
Reply:H - Hermonassa - native land of Achilles


K - The Island of Kos - birthplace of Hippocrates


N - Nicaea - where the Nicene Creed was formulated


O - Olympia - the site of the ancient Olympic Games
Reply:ancient city of Harappa


Nile Valley


3300 BC: Newgrange Ireland


Oaxaca, the historic home of the Zapotec and Mixtec peoples, contains more speakers of indigenous languages than any other Mexican state.[1]


Olmecs





Nanjing - Nanjing began as two ancient cities built during the Warring States period, and was the site of a military fortress built by Sun Quan of Wu kingdom during the period of the Three Kingdoms. Home to some ten dynastic regimes, Nanjing became a key ancient cultural centre when scholars and craftsmen fled here from invading northern nomads after the Western Jin Dynasty fell.





Hangzhou - Heavily fought over during the spring and autumn and Warring States periods, its name was given during the Sui Dynasty and was the capital during the Southern Song Dynasty. Marco Polo visited this strategic city during the Yuan Dynasty.





Xiadu (涓嬮兘) was the lower capital of Yan during the Warring States Period. The remains of the city are located in Yixian County, Hebei, China. At 30 km虏, Xiadu is the largest excavated city from the Warring States Period.


Xiadu was surrounded by a moat and rammed earth wall; the base of the city walls measures 40 m at its widest. The remains of some of the old city wall still remain; a portion, measuring up to 6.8 m high, still remains today.





2070 BC: Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China





Kush





Kaifeng is one of the Seven Ancient Capitals of China.


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