Name changed to Ciudad de MР“В©xico (Mexico City) after the Spanish conquest of the city in 1521. Р”Р‡ounded as twin cities TenР•РЊchtitlР”Рѓn (1325) and TlР”РѓltelР•РЊlco (1337) by the Mexica. Hohokam village founded at the base of Sentinel Peak, later Tohono O'odam. Oldest still-inhabited city in the Americas.Р”Р„coma Pueblo is said to have been founded during the 1200s, but extant buildings from the 1100s and the consensus of Tribal peoples support the 1144 date. Pre-Columbian Cholula grew from a small village to a regional center during the 7th century. Ethnohistoric documents claim the founding of NojpetР“В©n in the mid-15th century AD. Earliest archaeological traces date back to 900РІР‚вЂњ600 BC, with major expansion of the settlement occurring around 250РІР‚вЂњ400 AD. Р”Р‡ounded by Dutch settlers from Dutch East India Company and is the oldest city in South Africa.Р”Р‡ounded as Akan village and capital of the Kumaseman State, later becoming capital of Ashanti Empire.Р”Р‡urther information: List of cities in the Americas by year of foundation North America NameР”Р‡ormerly NojpetР“В©n, the capital of the Itza kingdom, it has been occupied continuously since prehispanic times. The town was conquered by the Kingdom of Dahomey in the 18th century and eventually exported more than 1 million slaves. The primary port of the Kingdom of Whydah, originally called Glehue by the Fon inhabitants. Initially established as a war camp for soldiers from the Kingdom of Benin. The earliest documentation about Tanga roots from the Portuguese who established a trading post as part of their East African coastal territory and controlled the region for over 200 years between 15. One of the oldest towns in the region, one tradition says that Vasco da Gama, in 1498, enquired about the name of the place from workers in the fields outside the settlement. Once rivaled only by Mombasa for dominance in this part of East Africa, it was first referenced in writing by Abu al-Fida (1273РІР‚вЂњ1331), a Kurdish geographer and historian.Р”В¬apital of the Kongo Empire, already organized as a city before the arrival of the Portuguese. Settled by Tuareg traders as an outpost, its incorporation into the Mali Empire and Mande, Soninke, and Songhai settlement from the 13th century rapidly developed the town. The foundation for the construction of Kano City Walls was laid by Sakri Gijimasu from 1095РІР‚вЂњ1134, and was completed in the middle of the 14th century during the reign of Zamnagawa. Agadez was held by the Mali empire during part of the 14th century, captured by the Songhai empire in 1515, and controlled by Bornu in the 17th century. The strategic location of this historical Swahili trading centre has seen it fall under the control of many countries.Р”Р‡ounded, possibly during the 10th century, as the capital of a sultanate connected commercially to Zanzibar in Tanzania.Р”Р‡ounded in the 11th century, Agadez was an important stop for caravans crossing the Saharan Desert for centuries. One of the oldest harbours documented in Southern Africa.Р”Р„ccording to the Pate Chronicle, the town of Pate was founded by refugees from Oman in the 8th century.

Р”Р„ Greco-Roman text between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD, the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, mentioned the island of Menuthias ( Ancient Greek: РћСљРћВµРћР…РћС—РџвЂ¦РћС‘Рћв„–РћВ¬РџвЂљ), which is probably Unguja, an island suburb of the city.Р”В¬ity of Benin, the oldest city in Nigeria. Р”Р‡ounded as the new capital of the Idrisid Dynasty. The Kismayo area was originally a small fishing settlement and expanded to a major trading city on the Somali coast. Р”В«ilad al-Barbar, after the 13th century part of the Ajuran Empre Successor of the ancient trading power of Sarapion.Р”В«abylon Fortress moved to its current location in the reign of Emperor Trajan, forming the core of Old or Coptic Cairo. Р”Р‡ounded by Alexander the Great on the town of Rhacotis, which dates back to the Old Kingdom Р”Р„ncient major trading city of the D`mt kingdom and the Axumite kingdom. Р”Р‡ounded in the 5th century BC, by the Greeks. Р”Р‡ounded in the 6th century BC, by the Numidians. Gained prominence in the Late Period (664РІР‚вЂњ332 BC). Major trading city in the Horn of Africa. Phoenicia, Carthage, then Mauretania TingitanaР”Р‡ounded by the Phoenicians, later chief city of the Roman Province of Mauretania Tingitana and city belonging to a succession of Berber, Visigoth, Arab and European powers.Р”Р‡ounded in the 7th century BC, by the Phoenicians. Luxor (as Waset, better known by its Greek name Thebes)Р”Р‡irst established as capital of Upper Egypt, Thebes later became the religious capital of the nation until its decline in the Roman period.Р”Р‡ounded in the 12th century BC, by Phoenicia Settlement established by the Old Kingdom (c.

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