Best of 2022: Favorite Blog Post
I decided to dial back my blog posting this year, and it helped me out. I was able to write
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Josh's World
Second Longest Running Personal Blog on the Internet
Josh's World
Second Longest Running Personal Blog on the Internet
Name That City
Name That City Pt. 27
Population: 2.3 millionHistory Fact: The city is the capital of a country that gained it’s independence from being a British protectorate in
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Name That City Pt. 26
Population: 1.3 million Nickname: Heart of EuropeHistory Fact: An old city. A Celtic tribe in the 5th century BCE settled the area calling it
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Name That City Pt. 25
Population:Â 220,000History Fact:Â When the country declared independence in 1999, there was extreme violence within the city, which ended up becoming the
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Name That City Pt. 24
Population:Â 1.055 millionHistory Fact:Â This city was founded by former American slaves. In 1791, Thomas Peters who served in the Black Pioneers
Read MoreName That City Pt. 23
Population:Â 1.47 millionNickname:Â ex Villa Maicera (former Corn Village)History Fact:Â When the Spanish arrived in this fairly populous city, they found an area
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Name That City Pt. 22
Population: 1.2 millionName Fact: თბილი–this word is the modern word for warm in the native language. The name basically means warm city,
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Name That City Pt. 21
Population:Â 1.453 millionNickname:Â The Garden City of LightsHistory Fact:Â Back in the day, an insurance investigator teams up with an international thief to
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Name That City Pt. 20
Population: 8.03 millionNickname: The South American AthensHistory Fact: The Spanish conquistador, Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada, founded the city while searching
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Name That City Pt. 19
Population: 14.9 millionNickname: City of the QuaidHistory Fact: This city is possibly the harbor where Alexander the Great left the Indus Valley to
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Name That City Pt. 18
Population:Â 266,000Nickname:Â “Paris of the Prairies”History Fact:Â In 1885, this small community was greatly affected by the North-West Rebellion. After the Battle of
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Name That City Pt. 17
Population: 410,000Nickname: “Not Dar es Salaam”History Fact: This is the capital of Tanzania. It has been the capital since 1996, but it is
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Name That City Pt. 16
Population: 383,000Nickname: Pom CityHistory Fact: During WWII, General MacArthur located his headquarters in this city from October 1942 to November 1944.Crime Fact: This is
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Name That City Pt. 15
Population: 526,000Nickname: “Capital of Dardania”History Fact: This city is steeped in history. It was first inhabited during the Chalcolithic. The Dardanians made it
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Name That City Pt. 14
Population: 42,615Nickname: “Pearl of the Adriatic”History Fact: This city was mostly Roman in the 13th century, particularly after the Ostrogothic Kingdom fell. It
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Name That City Pt. 13
Population: 4.3 millionNickname: Dar al-Bayda (if you know Arabic, then you will figure it out easily)History Fact: During WWII, the British-American invasion
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Name That City Pt. 12
Population: 2.69 millionNickname: “City of Stones”History Fact: There are scholars who believe this city to be the “Stone Tower” referenced by Ptolemy in Geography.
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Name That City Pt. 11
Population:Â 11.9 millionNickname:Â The City of HeavenHistory Fact:Â Became the capital of the Southern Song dynasty during the Mongol invasion and was known
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Name That City Pt. 10
Population: 8.4 millionNickname: “Silicon Valley of India”History Fact: In 1985 Texas Instruments set up a base in the city, which kicked off other
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Name That City Pt. 9
Population: 1.495 millionHistory Fact: This city has been continuously inhabited since 8000 BCE. The Koptyak and Gamayun peoples lived in the area
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