{Alma-Ata} City is Kazakhstan capital.
{Angkor} Ancient Khmer capital is in northwest Cambodia.
{Ashkhabad} City is Turkmenistan capital.
{Ayutthaya} {Ayuthia} Old Siam capital is north of Bangkok.
{Bangkok} {Venice of the East} It has canals. City is Thailand capital and port.
{Bishkek} City is Kyrgyzstan capital.
{Bokhara} City is west of Samarkand and northeast of Merv, on Silk Road near Oxus River.
{Colombo} City is Sri Lanka capital and port.
{Dacca} City is Bangladesh capital.
{Djakarta} {Jakarta} City is Indonesia capital and port and is in northwest Java.
{Dushanbe} City is Tajikistan capital.
{Herat} City is in northwest Afghanistan, south of Merv.
{Kandahar} City is southwest of Kabul, near Hindu Kush Mountains.
{Karakorum} Ancient city was Mongol Empire capital and is in Outer Mongolia.
{Kashgar} City is south of Tien Shan Mountains, northeast of Pamir Mountains, and west of Takla Makan Desert.
{Kabul} City is Afghanistan capital and is in east-central Afghanistan, south of Hindu Kush Mountains and west of Khyber Pass.
{Katmandu} City is Nepal capital.
{Kuala Lumpur} City is Malaysia capital.
{Lhasa} City is Tibet capital.
{Luang Prabang} City is Laos capital.
{Manila} City is Philippines port in west Philippines.
{Merv} City is north of Herat and southwest of Bokhara, on Silk Road.
{Novosibirsk} City is in southwest Russia.
{Phnom Penh} City is Cambodia capital.
{Pyongyang} {Pyong Yang} City is North Korea capital.
{Quezon City} City is Philippines capital.
{Rangoon} City is Burma/Myanmar capital and port.
{Samarkand} City is in south Kazakhstan, north of northeast Iran.
{Sarai} City is north of Caspian Sea, on Trans-Asia trade route.
{Seoul} City is South Korea capital.
{Singapore, city} City is Singapore capital and port and is on south Malay Peninsula.
{Taipei} City is Republic of China capital.
{Tashkent} City is Uzbekistan capital and is east of Bokhara and northeast of Samarkand, on Silk Road.
{Ulan Bator} City is Mongolia capital.
{Vientiane} City is Laos capital.
{Vladivostok} City and port is in east Russia.
{Beijing} City is China capital and is in northeast China, south of Great Wall. It is also Peking or Kaanbaligh.
{Canton} City and port is in southeast China.
{Chunking} City is in southwest-central China.
{Hong Kong} Former British colony and port is in southeast China.
{Khambalik} Ancient Mongol capital is near Beijing.
{Mukden} City was in northeast China. Manchu site had Holy Road lined with 36 large animal and people statues.
{Nanjing} City is in east China. Old name was Nanking.
{Shanghai} City and port is in east China.
{Tientsin} City and port is in northeast China.
{Wuhan} City is in east-central China.
{Agra} Mogul Empire capital is south of Delhi.
{Bombay} City and port is in west India. New name is Mumbai.
{Calcutta} City and port is in east India, near Bangladesh. New name is Kolkata.
{Delhi} City is in central India.
{Golconda} Ancient city is in central India.
{Kolkata} City and port is in east India, near Bangladesh. Old name was Calcutta.
{Mumbai} City and port is in west India. Old name was Bombay.
{New Delhi} City is India capital and is in north-central India.
{Surat} City and port is in west India, on Narmada River, north of Bombay.
{Akita} City is in northwest Honshu.
{Hiroshima} City and port is in southwest Japan.
{Kobe} City is in south Japan.
{Kyoto} Ancient capital is in west-central Japan.
{Osaka} City is in south Japan.
{Tokyo} City is Japan capital. Ginza is entertainment district.
{Yokohama} City and port is in southeast Japan.
{Acre} Ancient and modern city is in northwest Israel.
{Aden, city} City is Aden capital.
{Aleppo} City is in north Syria.
{Amman} City is Jordan capital.
{Babylon, city} Ancient Babylonia capital is near lower Euphrates River.
{Baghdad} City is Iraq capital and is on middle Tigris River.
{Beersheba} City is in south Palestine.
{Beirut} City is Lebanon capital. Old name is Beyrouth.
{Bethlehem, city} City is near Jerusalem.
{Capernaum} Ancient city is on Sea of Galilee.
{Ctesiphon} Ancient city is in central Iraq, on Tigris River.
{Damascus} City is Syria capital.
{Erech} Ancient city in Iraq is also Uruk.
{Gaza} City is in south Palestine, on Mediterranean Sea.
{Gomorra} Ancient city is in south Palestine.
{Hormuz} Ancient town is in south Iran.
{Jaffa} Former port is in southwest Tel Aviv, in west Israel.
{Jericho} Ancient city is north of Dead Sea.
{Jerusalem} City is Israel capital and is northwest of Dead Sea.
{Kuwait City} City is Kuwait capital.
{Mecca, city} City is Muslim religious center.
{Muscat} City is Muscat and Oman capital.
{Nazareth, city} City is in north Israel.
{Nineveh} Ancient capital is in central Assyria.
{Pasargadae} Ancient city is in southwest Iran.
{Persepolis} Ancient city is in southwest Iran.
{Qumran} Dead Sea Scrolls site is northwest of Dead Sea.
{Riyadh} City is Saudi Arabia capital.
{Seleucis} Ancient city is on Tigris River.
{Sidon} City and port is in southwest Lebanon.
{Sodom} Ancient city is near Jordan River.
{Susa} Ancient city is in southwest Iran.
{Tehran} City is Iran capital and is in north-central Iran.
{Tel Aviv} City is Israel port.
{Tyre} Ancient Phoenicia capital is in south Lebanon.
{Ur, city} Ancient Sumer city is in south Iraq.
{Uruk} Ancient Iraq city is also Erech.
{Ankara} City is Turkey capital and is in central Turkey. Former name was Angora.
{Antioch} Ancient city is in west-central Turkey.
{Bursa} City is in northwest Turkey.
{Caesarea} Ancient town and port is in Asia Minor.
{Constantinople} City is in northwest Turkey, at southeast Europe tip. New name is Istanbul. Golden Horn is harbor. Stamboul is old port.
{Ephesus} Ancient city is in west Asia Minor.
{Ilium} Ancient city is in northwest Asia Minor. It is also Troy.
{Istanbul} City is in west Turkey, at southeast Europe tip. Old name was Constantinople.
{Miletus} Ancient city is on Asia-Minor west coast.
{Philippi} Ancient town was in northeast Asia Minor.
{Sardis} Ancient city is in west Asia Minor, in Lydia.
{Tarsus} City is in south Turkey.
{Troy} Ancient city is in northwest Asia Minor. It is also Ilium.
{Ahmadabad} City is Gujurat province capital.
{Harappa} Prehistoric civilization site is in east Pakistan.
{Islamabad} City is in Pakistan capital.
{Karachi} City and port is former capital, is in south Pakistan, and is largest Pakistan city.
{Lahore} City, Garden of Mughals, is Punjab province capital and second-largest Pakistan city.
{Rawalpindi} City is in Potwar Plateau in Punjab, near Islamabad.
{Da Nang} City and port is in south Vietnam.
{Dien Bien Phu} Northwest Vietnam village was battle site [1954].
{Haiphong} City and port is in north Vietnam.
{Hanoi} City is Vietnam capital and is in north Vietnam.
{Ho Chi Minh City} City and port is in south Vietnam. Old name was Saigon.
{Saigon} Inland port city new name is Ho Chi Minh City.
{Adelaide} City is in south Australia.
{Canberra} City is Australia capital.
{Melbourne} City is port in east Australia.
{Sydney} City and port is in southeast Australia.
{Wellington} City is New Zealand capital.
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