ancient capital

基本解释

I am writing this in Xi’an, ancient capital of the Chinese empire.
我正在中国古都西安撰写此文。
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These days this city of 450,000, Scotland's ancient capital, has something to celebrate.
近来拥有450，000人口的这座城市，苏格兰古老的首都，有些事情是值得庆祝的。
This magnificent ancient capital was built 3000 years ago by the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses the Great, but long ago the it disappeared.
这个宏伟的古都建于3000年之前由埃及法老拉美西斯大帝，但它早已消失。

The ancient capital Beijing and the southern commerce and industrial hub of Guangzhou grew nearly as rapidly.
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In the new Discovery Channel documentary, Koppel travels to the border of Iran's border with Iraq, the ancient capital of Isfahan, the holy city of Qom and the Persian Gulf.
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Set in the dense forests of the Kii Mountains overlooking the Pacific Ocean, three sacred sites - Yoshino and Omine, Kumano Sanzan, Koyasan - linked by pilgrimage routes to the ancient capital cities of Nara and Kyoto, reflect the fusion of Shinto, rooted in the ancient tradition of nature worship in Japan, and Buddhism, which was introduced from China and the Korean Peninsula.
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