Re:Egypt prepares to start move to new capital, away from th...
by v77 on Friday March 19, 2021 @11:10AM
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Ottawa, Canada wasn't purpose-built but was an insignificant city meant to be a neutral choice of capital between Anglo and Francophone Canada. This has also worked fine.
Re:Egypt prepares to start move to new capital, away from th...
by cafard on Friday March 19, 2021 @09:21AM
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Byzantium was a city for centuries before Constantine was born, and a fine place to control the grain trade from the Black Sea.
Re:Egypt prepares to start move to new capital, away from th...
by arethuza on Friday March 19, 2021 @09:57AM
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There was a city there but it wasn't that large and was dramatically redeveloped after it became the new capital:
Re:Egypt prepares to start move to new capital, away from th...
by danjac on Friday March 19, 2021 @09:59AM
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Not to mention being closer to the Silk Road trade routes through Asia.
Re:Egypt prepares to start move to new capital, away from th...
by raverbashing on Friday March 19, 2021 @09:19AM
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Interesting list
Both the Canadian and American cases are not a relocation that made it too far from the original place
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_purpose-built_national...
Constantinople lasted over 1100 years.... and Washington seems to be the capital of a reasonably prosperous and stable country?