2º ESO - Cities that you should know were are located.

City	Region where is located	Why is important to knowº
Roma	Italian peninsula	Ancient capital of the Roman Empire.
Constantinople (Today Istanbul)	Strait of Bosphorus	Capital of the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantine empire. Well connected with the Silk Road.
Toledo	Iberian Peninsula	Capital of the Visigoth Kingdom of Toledo, in the middle of the Iberian Peninsula.
Santiago de Compostela	Iberian Peninsula	Holy city for the Catholic Christians, because it is supposed that the apostle St. Jaques was buried there
Aquisgranum	Today is in Germany, close to Netherlands	Capital of the Carolingian Empire.
Mecca	Arabian Peninsula	The holiest city for the Muslims.
Medina	Arabian Peninsula	Where Muhammad first succeed in his preaching.
Damasco	Syria	Capital city of the Umayyad Caliphate.
Jerusalem	Palestine	Holy city for Muslim, Christians and Jews. It thought that Jesuschrist was buried there, etc.
Bagdad	Mesopotamia (Nowadays Irak)	Capital city of the Abbasid  Caliphate.
Alexandria	Egypt	Strategic location for trading in the delta of the Nile river.
Samarkand	Samarkand (Today Uzbekistan)	Located in a crossroad, it was one of the most important cities of the Silk Road.
Córdoba	Iberian Peninsula	Capital city of the Caliphate of Cordoba