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The answer I was looking for is Kiribati. It's an independent country and has islands in the Northern and Southern hemispheres and each side of the 180 degree meridian, although the International Date Line has a kink so all the islands are on the same day.
Your question.
In terms of current political status, what is the oldest capital city in the world?
Damascus?
Even if you follow the iterations of modern Syria, it only goes back to 1920.Quote:
Originally Posted by D-Type
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Athens?
Greece was once part of the Ottoman Empire.Quote:
Originally Posted by gadjo_dilo
Even if you account for the short lived republic, Athens only became the capital in 1834. Nafplio was the capital before then.
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Rome?
I see. You mean the current capital city that has been a capital city for longest.
Londinium, now called London.
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Originally Posted by schmenke
Before 1861, Italy was a mishmash made of Sardinia, Lombardy–Venetia, the United Provinces of Central Italy, the Papal States and the Kingdom of Two Sicilies. Italy as a thing didn't even exist until 1861.
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By London I assume you mean the capital of the Kingdom of England. Granted that England did exist before the Norman Conquest but the capital before 1066 was Winchester.Quote:
Originally Posted by D-Type
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Amman?