{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.
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