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Re:Egypt prepares to start move to new capital, away from th... by arethuza on Friday March 19, 2021 @08:57AM (#26512739)
The list of purpose built national capitals is actually pretty interesting:

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?

Re:Egypt prepares to start move to new capital, away from th... by v77 on Friday March 19, 2021 @11:10AM (#26514203)
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 (#26512961)
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 (#26513365)
There was a city there but it wasn't that large and was dramatically redeveloped after it became the new capital:

https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/making-constantinople/

Re:Egypt prepares to start move to new capital, away from th... by danjac on Friday March 19, 2021 @09:59AM (#26513384)
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 (#26512937)
Interesting list

Both the Canadian and American cases are not a relocation that made it too far from the original place

Re:Egypt prepares to start move to new capital, away from th... by fakedang on Friday March 19, 2021 @09:33AM (#26513097)
Constantinople was a major port way before Byzantine times. Calling it a purpose built capital is a joke. It was a purpose-assigned capital though.