Sentence examples for ancient capitals from inspiring English sources

Hangzhou itself is one of the seven great ancient capitals of China.

Paris is one of the most ancient capitals in the world, after Rome.

One branch leads to Kano and another to Sokoto, two ancient capitals of the Hausa empire, which spread Islam and the Hausa language throughout the region.

Many of the most important burial sites are in and around the western cities of Nara and Kyoto, both ancient capitals.

Sargon's son Sennacherib, who had quarreled with his father, was inclined to believe with the priests that his death was a punishment from the neglected gods of the ancient capitals.

This same alluring blend continues the next day as we head east from Kandy to explore the ruins of Anuradhapura, built in 400BC as the first of Sri Lanka's ancient capitals.

Tenochtitlán, Ancient capital of the Aztec empire.

At present, the ancient capital is located 28 km inland the large fertile plain of Thessaloniki.

The 4th-century ruins of Mandor, the ancient capital of Marwar, lie immediately to the north.

Composer and pianist Wang Lu was born in Xi'an, the ancient capital of China.

In the ancient capital of Kyoto, telephone poles stuck up from pools of muddy water.