City names.

[ParadigmShifter]

I like the way Birmingham is mentioned in Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Those brummies and their guvnor loving!

I used to work in Walsall (not Poland!), near Birmingham so I am probably a bit biased against the UK version. I imagine there is some connection to the Romans though since their footy team (well one of them) is called Aston Villa, or more accurately, Aston Villa Nil!

 

[unexplained]

If I am playing as England, and find a large-ish island unoccupied, then I rename these cities Sydney, Melbourne etc. Mind you, the game should do that for you

Melbourne and Sydney were two of the most important cities in the British Empire after all. Now they only reasonably important cities in the American Empire ...

 

[Antilogic]

I would rather have the game randomly select names off your city list instead of using the same ones over and over again. I get bored always seeing the first four or five names on the list...maybe always keep the capital (first city) the same, and then randomly pick further on?


EDIT: And, of course by "unoccupied", you mean "unoccupied" by Europeans, right?

 

[Tekee]

I WISH The NAMES WOULD BE RANDOM!

 

[Antilogic]

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Random off the given lists for each Civ, randomly picked from a list of cities in the world irregardless of cultural affiliation random, or "ad%T&098t4" random?

 

[Wlauzon]

I had a barb city named Illinois. Thanks for the post sooooo, it is interesting

Illinois was named after an American Indian tribe of that name...

 

[702]

I don't suppose anyone with BtS could post the city names for the new civs here could they?
Probably gonna be a little while before I get it, and for some reason I'm rather interested in it, thanks!

 

[lutzj]

some lists are really insanely long. it would be a nice challenge to try and found all persian cities!

I remember back in civ II, when the AI would hardly expand, I would sometimes cycle through my list of names twice. In IV, I don't even know what happens when you run out of names. Do you get New Rome etc like in III?

New New York lol... actually it just does random names from other (unused) civs. The city Hannibal builds after Zama might be Texcoco. A good way to find out all the names is two use Worldbuilder: you can use it to pack cities right next to each other, and it progresses through the list for you.

 

[RockTheCazbah87]

There's a list in the XML files somewhere... the directory is:

Civ 4/Beyond the Sword/Assets/XML/Civilizations/Civilization infos (or something along those lines)

It tells you all the city names, their UU's and UB's, even who their derivative civilization is. (say you're playing as Joao and you found a colony, the leader will be a Yank)

 

[Antilogic]

Actually, the CivilizationInfos.xml file just has the XML tags for the city names. To get what actually appears in the game, look in the Assets/XML/Text/ for the GameText_Cities.xml (or something that looks similar...each version of Civ has its own Cities *.xml file for the city names). I don't remember the exact file name because I am an hour away from my Civ4 PC right now.

 

[Locutus]

I made the city lists in Warlords and Beyond the Sword, and in BtS I also improved some of the existing Civ4 city lists a bit (though due to lack of time not nearly as much as I would've liked) by adding some extra names. I do agree that a lot of these lists could be much better. This is mainly because many of these lists are still inherited from sometimes all the way back to Civ1. Back in those days historic accuracy wasn't terribly important to Sid, he just wanted familiar names (and he's not exactly a history major specialised in the history of 20 different civs). For my lists I did a LOT of research, something Firaxis really can't afford to do without sacrificing other parts of the game (as they have only limited manpower). Even I only barely made the deadline with the stuff I did: I had permission from Firaxis to make bigger improvements to the existing city lists but just didn't have the time to do so. And let's face it, what would you rather have? 15 civs with great, well-researched city lists or 34 civs with mediocre city lists?

I'll post the BtS lists below, they're too long to fit in one post.

I found this thread just now, some points might be a bit old but FWIW:

Not sure why there are so few french city names.

I addressed this in BtS. I believe they now have around 40 city names, around the same as most civs.

why is Sacremento the CAPITAL of California lower than Palo Alto, which is just a city with a college in it

Centralia is also on the American list, just below Palo Alto. Not because it is in any way important, but because it happens to be the home town of Soren Johnson. Palo Alto may also be someone's home town, or it was just included because of it's importance to the tech community of which the Firaxis team is a part. I guess one could consider it an easter egg...

some lists are really insanely long.

I agree, but in previous civ games you'd sometimes run out of names halfway through the game, which is pretty lame. In Civ4 you usually don't found nearly as many cities as in previous Civ games but I made at least my city lists long enough so that you should in most games never reach the bottom, while at the same time not making the lists so long that you never get to see most names (I settled on 35-50 cities per civ). But for some civs you have so many names to choose from that it's really hard not to go overboard and include 100+ names (e.g. Romans, Chinese, Indians) and for others it's quite a challenge to come up with more than a handful of names without resorting to really obscure stuff (Mali, Inca, Zulu).

Also, I can't understand why Hastings is higher then Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham. Hastings was the site of a famous battle. Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham are three of the most important cities in the country though, and have been for a long time. Oh well, I suppose it's harmless, even if it does seem a bit bizzare.

You do have to look back a little further than today. Liverpool and Manchester were really only important from the Industrial Age on, i.e. in the last 2-300 years. Before then they held only local significance, if that. Hastings OTOH was not just the site of a major battle but it also already important in Roman times as a mining town (one of the largest in the Roman Empire) and it was one of the most important ports in Britain until the late Middle Ages (it greatly declined after the sea washed away much of the town), so it was important for a total of well over a thousand years. There's a lot wrong with Firaxis's list for the English but at least in this case there *is* some logic behind it.

Celtia - Why is Mediolanum in their city names list!? Maybe because Celts lived in that area?

As pointed out, this city was Celtic in origin, as was much of northern Italy (something which local nationalists (Lega Nord et al) still use in their claims for independence from Rome).

Vikings - Why do they have a number of British cities after the actual Scandinavian city names runs out? They even have an Irish city in the list (Limerick)

As also pointed out, many cities in Ireland and some in Britain were founded by the Vikings, and the Vikings were of course a major force in Medieval Britain. They were a very 'colonial' civ, they held a lot more territory outside of Scandinavia than in it. To not reflect any of that in their city list would not be doing them justice IMO (I included not only British cities but also ones from France, Russia, Iceland, Greenland, etc). In fact, these 'colonial' cities were some of their largest ones, as they were an agricultural society and most of their native 'cities' in Scandinavia had only a few hundred inhabitants at best.

And I did indeed limit myself to actual Viking-Age (8th-11th c.) settlements. Most modern Scandinavian cities post-date that era.

I can see how some people might disagree with this approach. You might consider the Vikings as a representative for all Scandinavians and want the city list to reflect that, replacing Russian and British names with towns like Copenhagen and Stockholm. But that's always a problem, with most civs you can go for multiple approaches (should a Roman city list only include Italian or even just Latian/Campanian cities or also places like Antioch, Caesarea, Nicomedia, Lugdunum, Londinium, etc?) -- it really boils down to personal preference, and Firaxis was kind enough to follow my preferences

Mongolia - The actual Mongolian cities appear later than things like Samarqand (Uzbekistan), Tabriz (Iran), Tiflis (Georgia), and Kazan' (RUSSIA).

That's probably because the cities that are in Mongolia today are modern cities that are usually less than 150 years old. Unlike places like Tabriz and Samarkand they were never part of the Mongolian Empire of Genghis and his sons, which is obviously what the Mongols in this game represent.

It's kinda weird that some civs have cities in their lists that were in overseas territories (as previously mentioned, like Vikings, Romans, Persians, Mongolians etc), yet some do not. For example, the English empire does not have american, indian or australian cities in their list. No ex-spanish or French colonial cities either. I guess that's for sensitivity reasons. It would be a bit insensitive to put Boston or Delhi in the english cities list.

For my lists I decide this on a case-by-case basis. For a civ like Rome or Persia it's hard to ignore all their non-Italian/Parsian possessions, Portugal frankly doesn't have all that many important native cities to begin with and the Mongolian Empire even had none. Spain, England, France and the Netherlands OTOH have such a long and rich histories with so many important native cities to choose from that using colony names would have to go at the expense of important native cities.

In my opinion the Indian city list is also quite debatable.

I agree, that list (along with the Civ3 Zulu one) is the worst one in the game. There are rivers, mountains, provinces and all sorts of other weird things on there that aren't even cities. I completely remade it from scratch for BtS. Mind you, I kept some Pakistani and Bengali cities on there: they only became independent countries in the last century but they've been part of the Indian culture for millennia.

I am also puzzled about some of the Zulu cities; Bulawayo and Maseru, in particular, as both are quite far away from Zululand. Maseru is the capital of Lesotho, while Bulawayo is a Zimbabwean city with over a million people. And I forgot Lobamba as well; that city is a secondary capital for Swaziland.

Bulawayo can refer to two places: the first was Shaka's first capital, which no longer exists (as anything other than a tourist site) but was very important at the time and is located in Zululand a little south of Ulundi, the modern capital. The second Bulawayo is the city you refer too, which was actually founded by the Ndebele branch of Zulu, who fled Zululand as a result of an internal war in the early 19th century and settled first near present-day Pretoria (Mhlahlandlela, also on the city list) and later at the present site in Zimbabwe (I vaguely seem to recall that the Zimbabwean city was named after Shaka's capital but I'm not entirely sure of that).

At the very bottom of the Zulu city list I included a few non-Zulu cities: Mthatha (spelled Umtata in Civ1-3), Maseru and Lobamba as capitals of the most important (former) 'Bantustans' of South Africa and Qunu as the home town of Nelson Mandela (in Eastern Cape Province). This because it's clear that the Zulu are meant to represent all southern African tribes, not just the Zulu themselves (but I still kept it to a minimum to leave room for other African civs in mods or future XPs, especially a Zimbabwean one). You could argue that this is inconsistent with all my other city lists but it felt right to me and it's only 4 names that most people never get to see (and I got to honour a personal hero of mine, if in a very minor way).

Tynwald - The name of the parliament of the Isle of Man, not an actual city.

Originally this was the meeting place of local rulers. Not technically a city, but as mentioned the Vikings were an agricultural society that didn't have any real cities anyway. I wanted Man to be represented, this seemed like the best way to do so.

Vinland - Same case with the Indian cities of Punjab, Bengal, and Indus; this is actually a region, and it's the region of the New World which Leif Ericksson settled in for about a decade.

We don't really know anything about Vinland. It could be the name of an actual settlement. I readily admit it's rather a stretch, probably the most questionable name on all of my lists. But I felt with names from all over the Viking 'empire' there, Vinland deserved some kind of mention.

Umm... I just noticed that Abdera, home to the Greek philosopher Democritus, is a Carthaginian city

A lot of names occur more than once in history. There's an Abdera in Thrace but also one in Spain, which was a major Carthaginian city. Another example is that in BtS the famous Carthaginian battle site of Zama is actually assigned to the Mayans, as it was the name of an important Mayan city too.

 

[Locutus]

The city lists for the BtS civs are the following (these are from my own records; I can't be arsed to strip the comments, those are more memory aids to myself than meaningful bios):

Spoiler Netherlands :

Amsterdam		- modern capital, chamber of the VOC (East India Company)
Utrecht			- one of the oldest and largest cities, religious capital
's-Gravenhage		- (The Hague) political capital of Holland in the past, of Netherlands now
Rotterdam		- biggest port in the world, chamber of the VOC
Nijmegen		- oldest city in the Netherlands, one of the most important medieval cities
Maastricht		- oldest settlement in the Netherlands, important religious site
Middelburg		- capital of Zeeland (Zealand), chamber of the VOC, one of the oldest cities
Delft			- residence of Willem van Oranje, chamber of the VOC
Leiden			- important medieval and Golden Age city, seats most important university
Haarlem			- (Harlem) important medieval and Golden Age city
's-Hertogenbosch	- (Bois-le-Duc) with Utrecht and Dorestad most important medieval city
Dorestad		- very important medieval trade city (near modern Wijk bij Duurstede)
Deventer		- important Hanseatic League city, first Dutch city to get city rights
Kampen			- important Hanseatic League city, one of the oldest cities
Groningen		- important Hanseatic League city, one of the oldest cities
Leeuwarden		- imporant medieval trade city
Enkhuizen		- important Golden Age city, chamber of the VOC
Hoorn			- important Golden Age city, chamber of the VOC
Tiel			- one of the oldest cities, important medieval city
Breda			- important medieval city, personal possession of Willem van Oranje
Eindhoven		- important industrial age and modern city, HQ of Philips
Dordrecht		- (Dort) important medieval and Golden Age city, one of the oldest cities
Vlissingen		- (Flushing) important Golden Age city, important port city
Kampvere		- important Golden Age city, important port city
Roermond		- important medieval city, Hanseatic League city
Zutphen			- Hanseatic League city, one of the oldest cities, judicial centre
Arnhem			- important medieval city Hanseatic League city. important WW2 battle site
Amersfoort		- important medieval city, religious and industrial centre
Gouda			- important medieval and Golden Age market city
Alkmaar			- important medieval city, Golden Age market city
Medemblik		- important medieval and Golden Age port city
Gorkum			- (Gorcum/Gorinchem) imoprtant medieval, Golden Age city
Tilburg			- important medieval city
Bergen op Zoom		- important pre-modern city
Zwolle			- important medieval city, Hanseatic League city
Harderwijk		- important medieval city, Hanseatic League city
Venlo			- important medieval city, Hanseatic League city
Franeker		- important pre-industrial city
Harlingen		- important Golden Age city, most important port of Friesland (Frisia)
Stavoren		- (Staveren) one of the oldest Dutch cities, important port, Hanseatic city
Assen			- important industrial/modern city
Enschede		- important industrial and modern city, major educational centre
Apeldoorn		- important modern city, location of important royal palace
Lelystad		- founded in the 1960s in Flevoland, a province created from land reclamation
Almere			- founded in the 1970s in Flevoland, already one of the largest cities

Spoiler Ethiopia :

Aksum			- ancient capital of the Aksumite Empire
Gondar			- renaissance age capital (17-19th century)
Lalibela		- capital of medieval Zagwe dynasty, important holy city (Roha/Adefa)
Addis Ababa		- modern capital of Ethiopia (since 19th century)
Yeha			- capital of the pre-Aksumite D'mt kingdom, important religious site
Debre Berhan		- capital of Zara Yaqob, location of important modern palaces
Adulis			- most important (pre-)Aksumite port
Qohaito			- (Coloe) mayor Aksumite city and summer capital
Matara			- major Aksumite city
Hawulti			- important (pre-)Aksumite city
Massawa			- important port city throughout history
Adwa			- important post-medieval city
Fasil Ghebbi		- fortress-city that served as home of Ethiopia's emperors in the 16th/17th c.
Zeila			- key now-Somali port city throughout history
Berbera			- key now-Somali port city throughout history
Harar			- key islamic trading centre in eastern Ethiopia
Kaskase			- important pre-Aksumite city
Addi Galamo		- important pre-Aksumite city
Tokonda			- Aksumite imperial palace site near Qohaito
Kubar			- capital of post-Aksum Ethiopia
Tegulat			- capital of post-Aksum Ethiopia
Debre Tabor		- capital of Ethiopia in the 19th century
Magdala			- capital of Tweodros II
Ankober			- capital of Ethiopia in the 19th century
Asmara			- capital of Italian and independent Eritrea
Dire Dawa		- 2nd city of modern Ethiopia, successor of Harar as trading centre
Adama			- (Nazret) 3rd city of modern Ethiopia, major Oromo city, modern transport hub
Jimma			- capital of an Oromo kingdom, important modern economic centre
Mekele			- capital of Yohannes IV and principal modern economic centre
Tiya			- prehistoric burial site in central Ethiopia
Deira			- pre-Aksumite port in what is now Djibouti
Gabaza			- port of Adulis
Dahlak Kebir		- largest island of the Dahlak archipelago off Adulis, important port
Melazo			- pre-Aksumite site
Fikya			- pre-Aksumite site
Sabea			- pre-Aksumite site
Hawila Assaraw		- Aksumite site
Weqro			- important royal burial site

Spoiler Holy Roman Empire :

Aachen*			- coronation site of HR Emperors for 600 years, key city, home of Charlemagne
Prague			- (Praha; Prag) capital of Bohemia, one of the 7 Electors, co-capital of HRE
Vienna			- (Wien) key trade city, co-capital in 14-17th centuries
Nuremberg*		- (Nürnberg) key trade city, unofficial capital of the HRE
Augsburg*		- key trade city, cultural and scientific centre, site of many Reichstage
Mainz*			- religious capital of northern Europe, one of the 7 Electors of the emperor
Ulm*			- one of the largest and most powerful trade and cultural centres
Florence		- (Firenze; Florenz) trading city, one of the "Glories of the Empire"
Pisa			- key Mediterranean port, one of the "Glories of the Empire"
Luxemburg		- (Lëtzebuerg) important fiefdom of the HRE, 'Gibraltar of the North'
Strassburg*		- (Strasbourg; Straßburg) important trade, cultural and science city in France
Lubeck*			- (Lübeck) important Baltic Sea port, one of the "Glories of the Empire"
Brandenburg		- capital of the Brandenburg, one of the seven Electors of the emperor
Heidelberg*		- capital of the Palantinate, one of the 7 Electors, educational centre
Trier*			- important religious cultural and political centre, one of the 7 Electors
Regensburg*		- key trade city, permanent seat of the Reichstag from the 17th c. onwards
Magdeburg*		- one of the most important cities in the empire, home of Otto I
Worms			- major city of the HRE, site of about 100 Reichstage
Constance		- (Konstanz) important religious, trade city near present German-Swiss border
Basle			- (Basel) important commercial and religious city in present Switzerland
Zurich			- (Zürich) important commercial city in present Switzerland
Salzburg		- important HRE city in present Austria, leading religious centre
Innsbruck		- important trans-alpine trade city and later imperical seat in Austria
Trent			- (Trento; Trient) important industrial, religious, politicla centre in Italy
Genoa			- (Genova; Genua) important Mediterranean port city in present Italy
Lucca			- important trade city in present Italy
Sienna			- (Siena) important trade city in present Italy
Arles			- coronation site of some HR Emperors, capital of a kingdom of the same name
Besancon*		- (Besançon; Bisanz) important HRE religious and political centre in France
Metz			- important religious site and major commercial city in present France
Wirten			- (Verdun) important political and religious site in present France
Brussels		- (Brussel/Bruxelles; Brüssel) political centre of the HRE in present Belgium
Antwerp			- (Antwerpen) important trade city on the western border of the HRE, Belgium
Luttich			- (Liège/Luik; Lüttich) important trade and industrial city in present Belgium
Stettin			- (Szczecin) capital of Pomerania, important Baltic Sea trade port in Poland
Kolberg			- (Kolobrzeg) important Baltic Sea trade port in Poland
Breslau			- (Wroclaw) important political, religious and trade city in present Poland
Olmutz			- (Olomouc; Olmütz) capital and leading city of Moravia in day Czech Rep
Pilsen			- (Plzen) one of the largest and most important Bohemian cities, in Czech Rep
Bamberg			- important political and religious site
Mannheim*		- late capital of the Palantinate, cultural centre of the Renaissance
Goslar			- rich and important silver mine and industrial city, residence of emperors
Spires			- (Speyer) important trade and cultural city on the Rhine
Paderborn		- birthplace of the HRE, important religious site, site of many Reichstage
Passau			- important religious and political centre
Hagenau			- (Haguenau) capital of Alsace, location of palace which held the Crown Jewels

Spoiler Khmer :

Yasodharapura		- first Khmer capital in Angkor area, repeatedly used by various Khmer kings
Hariharalaya		- earliest Khmer capital (near Roluos, not in Angkor)
Angkor Thom		- largest, most advanced Angkor capital, built by Jayavarman VII
Angkor Wat		- largest and most famous Angkor temple, capital of Suryavarman II
Nagara Jayasri		- (Preah Khan) major Angkor city and site of major temples and palaces
Rajavihara		- (Ta Prohm) temple complex, university and monestary in Angkor
Isvarapura		- (Banteay Srei) city around Banteay Srei, temple of a prominent minister
Banteay Kdei		- major temple complex and city similar to Ta Prohm and Preah Khan
Jayendranagari		- (Ta Keo) once an Angkor capital under Jayavarman V, near Yasodharapura
Pre Rup			- capital after return to Angkor from Koh Ker
Vimayapura		- (Phimai) important large Khmer city in northeast Thailand
Lingapura		- (Wat Phu) Khmer city in present Laos
Krong Chaktomuk		- (Phnom Penh) Khmer capital after the Thai captured Angkor, modern capital
Chok Gargyar		- (Koh Ker) once a non-Angkor capital (under Jayavarman IV and Hasavarman II)
Mahendraparvata		- (Phnom Kulen) one of the earliest Khmer capitals (not in Angkor)
Amarendrapura		- (Banteay Chhmar) one of the earliest Khmer capitals
Indrapura		- (Kampong Cham/Wat Nokor), early Khmer capital, now 3rd city of Cambodia
Lavo			- (Lopburi) important western Khmer centre in Thailand
Preah Vihear		- major temple complex on present Thai-Cambodian border
Phanom Rung		- major temple complex in eastern Thailand on the Phimai - Angkor road
Muang Tam		- Khmer city on the most important Khmer roadway, from Phimai to Angkor
Beng Melea		- location of important temple copmlex built by Suryavarman II
Prasat Bakan		- major Khmer temple complex and possible capital
Singhapura		- (Mueang Sing) Khmer site in southern Thailand, named in honorary stela
Chalieng		- Khmer outpost in nothern Thailand
Sukhothai		- first capital of Thailand, part of the Khmer empire until it revolted
Viangchan		- (Vientiane) current capital of Laos, once a Khmer city
Battambang		- 2nd city of modern Cambodia and site of Khmer settlements
Suryaparvata		- (Phnom Chisor) early Khmer temple in south Cambodia built by Suryavarman I
Prey Nokor		- (Ho Chi Minh City) most important Khmer port until 17th century, in Vietnam
O Keo			- important port city from Funan onwards, in Medong Valley, Vietnam
Aninditapura		- Chenla (pre-Khmer) capital in Angkor region
Isanapura		- (Sambor Prei Kuk) Lower Chenla (pre-Khmer) capital of Cambodia
Shrestapura		- Upper Chenla (pre-Khmer) capital near Wat Phu in present Laos
Angkor Borei		- cradle of the Khmer people, important pre-Khmer site in southern Cambodia
Vyadhapura		- (Prei Nokor-Ba) pre-Khmer city conquered by Jayavarman II, capital for Funan
Bhavapura		- Chenla (pre-Khmer) capital of Cambodia and Khmer city
Sambhupura		- pre-Khmer city conquered by Jayavarman II
Lovek			- post-Angkor Khmer capitals of of some importance, wealthy trade centre
Udong			- post-Khmer capital of Cambodia before Phnom Penh became permanent capital

Spoiler Maya :

Mutal			- (Tikal) principal classical city in central lowlands (Peten)
Lakamha			- (Palenque) key classical site in central lowlands, capital of Pacal (Mexico)
Chichen Itza		- key classical Yucatan city, post-classic capital of Toltec-Mayans (Yucatan)
Uxmal			- with Chichen Itza the principal (post-)classical city of Yucatan (Yucatan)
Mayapan			- newly built post-classical pan-Mayan capital after Toltec revolt (Yucatan)
Calakmul		- large, powerful classical city and 'superpower', capital of Kaan (Mexico)
Oxhuitza		- (Caracol) powerful and extremely large classical city (Belize)
Xukpi			- (Copan) large, powerful and southern-most city and kingdom (Honduras)
Quirigua		- important southern highlands classical city, conquered Copan (Guatemala)
Izancanac		- (Yaxchilan) large important classical city (Peten)
Yokib			- (Piedras Negras) important classical city (Peten)
Altun Ha		- important (pre-)classical trade city with the Caribbean (Belize)
Izamal			- very important religious centre from pre-classical to modern times (Yucatan)
Zama*			- (Tulum) important post-classical coastal city (Yucatan)
Coba			- important city throughout Mayan history (pre- to post-classic) (Yucatan)
Dzibilchaltun		- very old but major post-classical city (Yucatan)
Cozumel			- large, important island-based trading centre and religious site (Yucatan)
Edzna			- important post-classical city with pre-classic roots (Yucatan)
Oxkintok		- important pre-classical labyrinth-like city (Yucatan)
Becan			- large important pre-classical city (Mexico)
Nakbe			- principal pre-classical Mayan city (Peten)
Cival			- recently discovered large, important pre-classical city (Peten)
Lamanain		- (Lamanai) major pre-classical city, important upto colonial times (Belize)
Kaminaljuyu		- principal (pre-)classical Mayan southern highland site (Guatemala)
Takalik Abaj		- important pre-classical Mayan southern highland site (Guatemala)
Holmul			- important classical economic centre (Peten)
Waka			- (El Peru) recently found as important economic classical city (Peten)
Lubaantun		- major classical site with unusual architecture (Belize)
Siaan Kaan		- (Uaxactun, pron. Washington) old classical city of some importance (Peten)
Bonampak		- well-preserved classical site of some importance (Mexico)
Tonina			- important late-classical city (Mexico)
Tazumal			- important (pre-)classical Mayan city in southern highlands (El Salvador)
Comalcalco		- westernmost, important classical Mayan city (Mexico)
Nim Li Punit		- important classical city (Belize)
Ekbalam			- important late-classical city (Yucatan)
Sayil			- important post-classical city (Yucatan)
Kabah			- somewhat important post-classical city (Yucatan)
Labna			- somewhat important post-classical city (Yucatan)
Wak Kabnal		- (Naranjo) capital of the somewhat important kingdom of Saal (Peten)
Xunantunich		- somewhat important classical religious city (Belize)
Izapa			- major pre-classical city, unclear if it was Mayan, Olmec or other (Mexico)
Noj Peten		- post-classical capital of the central lowlands, at modern Flores (Peten)
Utatlan			- (Gumarcaj) capital of important highland post-classical kingdom (Guatemala)
Mani			- ancient site, capital of Xiu, dominant Maya power after Mayapan (Yucatan)

 

[Locutus]

Spoiler Sumer :

Uruk			- (Unug/Erech/Warka) capital of Giglamesh, largest and one of oldest cities, seat of Ishtar
Eridu			- (Urudug) oldest and southernmost city, first capital, near Persian Gulf
Kish			- one of the earliest capitals, major city near later Babylon
Lagash			- (Sirpurla) capital of Eannatum; one of largest and oldest cities; on Tigris
Ur			- (Urim) large, important trade centre near Persian Gulf, once a capital
Nibru			- (Nippur) principal religous city in Sumer, seat of the god Enlil
Bad-Tibira		- major antediluvian city and metal working centre, capital of a city state
Zimbir			- (Sippar) major antediluvian trading centre in northern Sumer, near Baghdad
Shuruppak		- (Curuppag) principal grain distribution centre, seat of grain goddess Nunlil
Umma			- (Tell Jokha) powerful Sumerian city state; industrial and trading centre, rival of Lagash
Larsa			- (Ellasar) important late Sumerian capital and trading centre near Uruk
Isin			- cultural centre and late Sumerian capital, rival of Larsa
Girsu			- religious and trade centre in the state of Lagash (modern Telloh)
Adab			- (Ud-Nun) briefly capital of Sumer at its zenith and important trading centre
Zabalam			- (Zabala) important port city and industrial centre
Akshak			- major Sumerian city and late capital, on Tigris near Baghdad
Larak			- major antediluvian city, destroyed in flood
Kisiga			- (Kuara) principal sea port on the Persian Gulf, birthplace of the god Marduk
Nina			- (Sirana/Surghul) important Sumerian city under Lagash rule, on Tigris
Dilbat			- major agricultural centre near Babylon, forerunner of Babylon
Kutu			- (Kutha) ancient northern trading centre
Marad			- Sumerian desert city, near later Babylon
Enegi			- major naval shipyard centre on the Euphrates near Uruk
Abu Salabikh		- early site of Sumerian culture
Ki-an			- ancient cultural centre
Pazurish-Dagan		- important administrative centre in late-Sumerian times
Dabrum			- small city, argricultural centre and way station between Adab and Zabalam
Kissura			- small city near Zabalam
Kutallu			- (Kutalla) small agricultural and industrial centre dependent on Ur
Nagsu			- small trading centre
Kesh			- large inland military outpost and agricultural centre
Aratta			- city in the Zagros Mountains; mythologically first city, built by gods
Der			- large military outpost that protected the delta from mountain raiders
Hamazi			- briefly capital of Sumer, according to Sumerian king list
Apisada			- small military outpost that protected the delta from mountain raiders
Jemdet Nasr		- early site of Sumerian culture
Ubaid			- earliest site found of (pre-)Sumerian culture

Spoiler Babylonia :

Babylon			- capital of Babylonia; principal religious centre of Mesopotamia from 18th c.
Akkad			- (Agade) capital of Akkadian empire, precursor of Babylon
Dur-Kurigalzu		- important Babylonian city and capital under Kassite rule
Nippur			- (Nibru) principal religous city in Sumer, important Kassite centre
Borsippa		- important Babylonian city, always dependent on Babylon
Sippar			- (Zimbir) major trading centre near Babylon
Opis			- major city and once capital of Babylonia, near Baghdad (later Ctesiphon)
Mari			- important trading city near northern border of Babylonia
Shushan			- (Susa) important Babylonian city under Kassite rule and in Neo-Babylonia
Eshnunna		- (Tell Asmar) major fortress city and Old Babylonian regional capital
Ellasar			- (Larsa) important city throughout Babylonian times
Erech			- (Uruk/Unug/Warka) important Sumerian city and trading centre
Kutha			- (Kutu) ancient trading centre near Babylon
Sirpurla		- (Lagash) large and important trading centre in Sumer
Neribtum		- (Ishchali) important religous centre in Old Babylonian times
Ashur			- capital of Assyria
Nineveh			- 2nd city of Assyria
Nimrud			- 3rd city of Assyria
Arbela			- important Assyrian city
Nuzi			- important Assyrian city
Arrapkha		- important Assyrian city
Jarmo			- important Assyrian site
Tutub			- (Khafaje) city that once fell under Eshnunna rule in Old Babylonian times
Shaduppum		- administrative and religious centre ruled by Eshnunna in Old Babylonia
Rapiqum			- Babylonian city near Mari in Old Babylonia
Mashkan-Shapir		- important political centre in Old Babylonian times
Tuttul			- (Hit) principal centre of bitumen collection in Babylon
Ramadi			- important centre of bitumen collection in Babylon
Ana			- Babylonian city, agricultural and trading centre near Mari
Haradum			- founded as a border city in Old Babylonia, near Mari
Agrab			- important Akkadian city near Baghdad
Uqair			- ancient Akkadian site near Baghdad
Gubba			- Babylonian site north of Baghdad
Hafriyat		- Akkadian site near Nippur
Nagar			- (Tell Brak) (pre-)Akkadian city in Syria
Shubat-Enlil		- (Tell Leilan) nothern Akkadian capital in Syria, sacked by Babylon
Urhai			- (Edessa) Hurrian/Mitanni city near Harran, part of Neo-Babylonian empire
Erekha			- (Arrapkha/Kirkuk) Babylonian city near Assyrian border
Urkesh			- Akkadian city in Syria
Awan			- major Elamite city and once capital, at various times under Babylonian rule
Riblah			- city in Israel; Nebuchadnezzar's headquarters for his western campaigns
Tayma			- major Saudi oasis city Babylonian king Nabonidus retired and built palaces

Spoiler Portugal :

Lisbon			- (Lisboa) capital of Portugal since the 13th century, important trade centre
Oporto			- (Porto) second city and principal industrial centre of Portugal
Guimarães		- "Cradle City", first capital of Portugal; birthplace of Afonso I
Coimbra			- capital of Portugal in 12-13th c.; major poltical, cultural and science city
Évora			- major Portuguese city, royal seat and science centre in medieval times
Lagos			- principal naval centre of pre-modern Portugal; home of Henry the Navigator
Braga			- third city of Portugal, important religious centre, principal northern city
Leiria			- major medieval and modern city, important industrial centre
Faro			- important pre-Renaissance city in Algarve, administrative and religious city
Santarém		- important pre-Renaissance cultural, religious and politial centre
Braganza		- (Bragança) ancient city and seat of the House of Bragança, main royal line
Sagres			- location of Henry's School of Navigation, important Neolithic religious site 
Aveiro			- major industrial and port city
Viseu			- important cultural and religious centre; early residence of Spanish king
Tomar			- important medieval city and HQ of the Order of the Knights Templar
Cintra			- (Sintra) central Portugese city and site of medieval to modern royal palaces
Portalegre		- important administrative centre since 16th century; industrial centre
Abrantes		- major military outpost and administrative centre
Guarda			- major modern city in the north founded Sancho I, 2nd king of Portugal
Chaves			- border town in the north, site of major fortifications and two major battles
Elvas			- border town in the south, site of major fortifications and several sieges
Covilhã			- important industrial centre since Renaissance times
Silves			- important city under Moorish rule, once capital of the Algarve
Vila Real		- important science centre
Tavira			- important pre-modern trading centre in the Algarve
Leixões			- major seaport of Portugal
Setúbal			- important industrial age centre for fishing industry; medieval monestary
Beja			- old, large city and religious centre in southern Portugal
Soure			- headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller
Lamego			- medieval city where first king Afonso was coronated
Palmela			- important strategic fortress and modern industrial centre
Serpa			- stronghold near Spanish border in south, important Moorish city
Sines			- city in southern Portugal, hometown of Vasco da Gama
Almada			- important old city near Lisbon
Estremoz		- major old city in southern Portugal
Alcácer do Sal		- important city in the south
Mértola			- important city in the south
Miranda do Douro	- border city with Spain near Zamora in the north
Angra do Heroísmo	- traditional capital and oldest city of the Azores
Bahia			- (Salvador) first capital of Brazil
Rio de Janeiro		- briefly capital of Portugal and long capital of Brazil
São Paulo		- one of the oldest settlements in Brazil, currently largest city
Luanda			- most important colony in Africa
Goa			- most important colony in India, once similar in importance to Lisbon
Macao			- (Macau) most important colony in China

Spoiler Byzantium :

Constantinople		- capital (Istanbul)
Thessalonica*		- 2nd city of the empire, 2nd city of present Greece (Thessaloniki)
Adrianople		- major religious and administrative centre in European Turkey (Edirne)
Nicaea			- major economic, religious centre and military outpost in west Turkey (Iznik)
Antioch			- name of 2 major religious centres in central Turkey and Syria
Nicomedia*		- important trade city and pre-Byzantine East Roman capital in Turkey (Izmit)
Angora			- major military and trading centre and summer capital in Turkey (Ankara)
Trebizond		- major trade city and capital of post-Byzantine empire (Trapzon)
Iconium			- major religous centre in central Turkey (Konya)
Laodicea		- major trade and religious city in west Turkey; name of 5 other Byz cities
Dorylaeum		- major religious and trading centre in central Turkey (Eskisehir)
Amorium			- major religious centre and military outpost in west Turkey
Philippopolis		- administrative and infrastructural centre in present Bulgaria (Plovdiv)
Mistra			- late capital of Achaea, prosperous late-Byzantine city, royal seat (Mystras)
Dyrrachium		- major port city and military outpost in present Albania (Durres/Durazzo)
Edessa			- name of 2 religious centres in Mesopotamia/east Turkey and north Greece
Heraclea		- name of 2 major ports near Byz: on Marmara (Perinthus) & Black Sea (Eregli)
Theodosiopolis		- names of 2 major cities in European Turkey (Arpos) and east Turkey (Erzurum)
Odessos			- important city in present Bulgaria, on Black Sea coast (Varna)
Mesembria		- important military outpost of Byzantium in Bulgaria on Black Sea (Nesebar)
Sardica			- important religous and administrative centre in Bulgaria (Sofia)
Ragusa			- important port city in present Croatia (Dubrovnik)
Philippi		- important religious and trade centre in early Byzantine times in N Greece
Justinianopolis		- strategically important Greek border town between Byz and Epirus (Kastoria)
Ioannina		- important late-Byzantine economic, cultural and science centre in W Greece
Cephalonia		- important administrative centre of the Ionian islands on Kefalonia (W Greece)
Selymbria		- important Marmara port and military outpost in European Turkey (Silivri)
Callipolis		- strategically important military outpost and city on the Gallipoli peninsula
Chandax			- capital of Crete during late Byzantine times (Iraklion)
Lefkosia		- capital of Cyprus from Byzantine times onward (Nicosia)
Famagusta		- most important port of Byzantine Cyprus
Bari			- major early Byzantine city and administrative centre in Italy
Otranto			- major early Byzantine city in Italy
Chalcedon		- important early Byzantine city, now an Asian suburb of Istanbul
Neocaesarea		- important administrative centre in eastern Turkey (Niksar)
Metilene		- important agricultural centre in central Turkey (Malatya)
Seleucia		- name of many Byz cities, important religious city in SE Turkey (Mopsuestia)
Sebastea		- important religious centre in east-central Turkey (Sivas)
Attalia			- important early Byzantine city on south coast of Turkey (Antalya)
Myra			- important trade and religious centre on south coast of Turkey
Gangra			- important religious, administrative city in north central Turkey (Cankiri)
Ochryd			- important Byzantine city along the Via Egnatia in Macedonia (Ohrid)
Buthrotum		- important religious and military outpost in Albania (Butrint)
Naissus			- important Roman city in Serbia, frequently changed owner afterwards (Nish)
Cherson			- important city on the Crimea, early Byzantine possession (Chersonesos)

Spoiler Native Americans :

Cahokia			- largest city in NA pre-1800 (40k @ 1250 AD),in IL across river from St Louis
Poverty Point		- oldest city in North America (~1000 BC), near Monroe, LA
Mound City		- name of 2nd largest Mississippi site (aka St Louis) and Hopewell site in OH
Chaco Canyon		- very large and dense collection of Pueblos, near Four Corners in NM
Mesa Verde		- area of numerous Pueblo dwellings including largest cliff dwelling in NA, CO
Snaketown		- major Hohokam site near Phoenix, AZ, with mounds, pithouses, ball courts,etc
Spiro			- western-most and key outpost of the Mississippi mound culture, in east OK
Moundville		- 3rd largest Mississippi and largest Adena centre, near Tuscaloosa, AL and in WV
Nacogdoches		- originally large Caddoan city in Texas, oldest town in the state
Nanih Waiya		- ancient mother city of the Choctaw, mound site dating back <300 AD, east MS
Anhaica			- large city and capital of the Apalachee near Tallahassee, FL
Etowah			- large Mississippi culture site near Atlanta, GA
Ocmulgee		- name of large pre-Mississippi centre in GA and Creek capital in OK
Kituhwa			- ancient mother city of the Cherokee, mound city in the extreme west of NC
Fort Ancient		- major Hopewell mound site in SE OH, largest prehistoric enclosure in NA
Onondaga		- 'capital' and founding site of the Iroquois confederacy near Syracuse, NY
Bawating		- primary settlement for Ojibwa, what is now Sault Ste. Marie, MI/CA-ON
Acoma			- major Pueblo site on top of mesa, NM, oldest continuously inhabited community in US
Nambé			- important Pueblo religious and cultural centre since ~1300 near Santa Fe, NM
Hovenweep		- major site of Pueblos on UT/CO border near Four Corners
Casa Grande		- large Hohokam site near Phoenix, AZ, site with 4-story building
Criel			- 2nd largest Adena culture centre, near Charleston, WV
Joara			- large, eastern-most Mississippi culture settlement, in NC
Lake Jackson		- largest Apalachee mound builder site near Tallahassee, FL
Chota			- 18th c. Cherokee capital in eastern TN
Oneida			- major town of the Iroquois Oneida tribe, near Syracure NY
Logstown		- very significant Shawnee settlement near Pittsburgh PA
Five Finger Ridge	- largest Fremont culture site, UT
Frijoles Canyon		- major Pueblo site in north NM, near Santa Fe
Puye Cliff		- pueblo near Santa Fe, New Mexico, about 740 room, 1500 people (1100-1600 AD)
Kiet Siel		- pueblo village in AZ, near Four Corners
Montezuma Castle	- major Sinagua Pueblo site near Phoenix, AZ, alleged ancentral home of the Hopi
Wickliffe		- Mississippi culture site in KY, near Ohio and Mississippi Rivers confluence
Aztalan			- northern-most Mississippi culture site near Madison, WI
Angel Mounds		- Mississippi culture settlement on the Ohio river near Evansville, IN
Tsirege			- Pueblo near White Rock, NM, about 800 rooms (1300-1600 AD)
Taos			- Pueblo in NM, continuously inhabited, built 1000-1450 AD
Zuni			- large Pueblo in NM, near Four Corners
Tishomingo		- capital of the Chickasaw Nation in south OK
Shaugawaumikong		- 2nd major settlement for Ojibwa, in extreme north-east WI
Allumette		- island on which the Kichesipirini Algonquins had their main town, CA-QC
Wendake			- village of the remains of the Huron peoples, part of Quebec City, CA-QC
Norridgewock		- prinicipal Abenaki settlement near Portland, ME
Mutsun			- village of largest Ohlone tribe of same name, near San Fransisco, CA
Ozette			- village of the Makah in WA, occupied for centuries until burried by mudslide
Estipah-skikikini-kots	- (Head-Smashed-In) millenia-old buffalo jump & winter campsite in south CA-AB
Hueco Tanks		- Mogollon/Apache site, important for many Nat Americans due to pictographs, at El Paso TX
Ukpiagvik		- present day Barrow, AS; Inupiaq/Birnirk settlement since ~500 AD
Ketchikan		- modern Tlingit town largest collection of totem poles in the world, AS
Kuujjuaq		- capital of Nunavik, homeland of the Inuit, CA-NU

I also completely remade the Indian city list (it's awfully long because my deadline was fast approaching, I didn't have time to trim it as well as I would've liked; but India is so huge and its history so epic this still only barely does it justice):

Spoiler India :

Delhi*			- capital of numerous Indian empires, ITH (>~300 BC)
Bombay*			- (Mumbai) largest city today, key commercial centre, home of Bollywood, ITH (>~250 BC)
Vijayanagara		- huge capital and religious centre of the Vijayanagara empire, UNESCO site (1336-1660)
Pataliputra		- (Patna) capital of Mauryan and Magadh empires, major city today, ITH (>~500 BC)
Varanasi*		- (Banares) oldest continuously inhabited city i/t world (>~3000 BC); Hindu holy city, ITH
Agra			- capital of several Muslim states, in particular Mughal; home of Taj Mahal (>1506 AD)
Calcutta*		- (Kolkata) major city today, capital of British India (>1699 AD)
Lahore*			- capital of many Muslim empires, Gardens of the Mughals, 2nd city of Pakistan (>~500 BC)
Madras*			- (Chennai) 4th city today, industrial and cultural centre, key port, ITH (>~1 aD)
Bangalore*		- 3rd city today; cultural centre, important Chola, Vijayanagara city (>~900 AD)
Hyderabad*		- [India] major city, culture and IT hub (>1590 AD) [Pakistan] 'Paris of India' (>1768 AD)
Madurai			- key commercial and religious centre, important Tamil city ITH; Pandya capital (>~300 BC)
Ahmedabad		- once capital of a sultanate, key Mughal/colonial industrial centre (>1411 AD)
Kolhapur*		- major city mentioned in ancient mythology, major Buddhist centre, ITH (>~300 BC)
Prayaga			- (Allahabad) Hindu religious site, capital of Muslim states and Gupta, ITH
Ayodhya			- pre-modern city ITH; key Buddhist and Jainist centre, featured in Ramayana (>~500 BC)
Indraprastha		- city from the Mahabharata, major Mauryan and Gupta city, near Delhi (~3000 BC-~600 AD)
Mathura			- capital of Shursen and Kush, key Mauryan trade city, birthplace of Krishna (>~1000 BC)
Ujjain			- capital of Asoka and Chandragupta, Hindu holy city, mentioned in Mahabharata (>~400 BC)
Taxila*			- key Vedic, Greek, Mauryan and Buddhist centre, Indo-Parthian capital (~500 BC-500 AD)
Gulbarga		- capital of Bahmani Sultanate (>~500 AD)
Jaunpur*		- capital of Sultanate, centre of Sufi & Urdu culture, military stronghold (>1388 AD)
Rajagriha		- first capital of Magadha kingdom, featured in Mahabharata, Buddhist holy city (>~1000 BC)
Sravasti		- major ancient city and capital of large kingdom, Buddha lived here for 25 years
Tiruchirapalli		- first capital of the Cholas, giant temple city, home of Srirangam (>~500 BC)
Thanjavur*		- Chola capital, Vijayanagara centre and major temple city in south India (>848 AD)
Bodhgaya		- Buddhist holy city, location of Mahabodhi temple
Kushinagar		- Buddhist holy city, where Buddha died, capital of ancient kingdom
Amaravati		- capital of Satavahanas and major ancient city, site of ancient Buddhist stupa (>~400 BC)
Gaur			- capital of Pala empire and several muslim states in Bengal until Mughal times (<~1575 AD)
Gwalior			- key medieval town, capital of some Muslim states, great fortress and palace, Jain centre
Jaipur*			- once capital of a princely state, important colonial/industrial/modern city (>1728 AD)
Karachi*		- site of Krokola (where Alexander built a fleet) & Debal, major modern port (>1772 AD)
Dhaka			- capital of Bangladesh, commercial and since Mughal times political centre (>~600 AD)
Lucknow*		- major cultural centre in north India with ancient roots, Mughal capital (>~1500 BC)
Jodhpur			- major relgious, political and trade centre, capital of a medieval kingdom (>1459 AD)
Pune*			- major city in Western India, educational, industrial and IT centre (>~700 AD)
Bhopal*			- City of Lakes, capital of large princely state, educational and space centre (>~1000 AD)
Indore			- capital of a princely state, major trade and political centre
Kanpur			- key colonial/modern military/industrial centre, site of anti-British rebellion (>1207 AD)
Nagpur			- major colonial/modern city, industrial/political centre (>~940 AD)
Peshawar*		- key Pakistani city, Kushan capital, key Muslim & Buddhist centre, trade city on Silk Road
Multan			- key Pakistani city, major commercial and Hindu religious centre, Muslim state (>~2000 BC)
Surat			- diamond capital of the world, major seaport, foremost trade city of India under Mughal
Cochin*			- capital of princely state since 1102 AD, major seaport throughout history
Cuttack*		- ancient city, major trade centre, capital of medieval kingdoms
Bhubaneshwar		- ancient city, capital of Kalinga, commercial and religious centre, IT hub
Tamralipta		- key ancient trade city, on the Silk Road (~300 BC-~800 AD)
Chittagong*		- 2nd city of Bangladesh, major seaport (>~800 AD)
Guwahati*		- ancient city, Assam capital, rapidly growing modern city, major education centre
Vijayawada		- major modern city, inhabited since stone age, centre for Buddhists, Hindu and Andhra
Mysore			- capital of Mysore kingdom, (1399-1947), major modern city (>~1000 AD)
Srirangapatna		- major Vijayanagara and Mysore city, huge temple city and pilgrimage site
Amritsar		- Sikh holy city (>1574 AD)
Srinagar		- important Mauryan, Kushan, Mughal, Sikh city, capital of Muslim states, ITH (>~300 BC)
Rewalsar*		- sacred site for Buddhism, Hinduism and Sikhism
Vaishali*		- ancient capital of a republic, major Buddhist and Jain centre (>~600 BC)
Cambay			- ancient trade city known by Ptolemy, former key seaport, capital of a princely state
Anhilwara		- powerful city and capital of Gujrat
Paharpur		- ancient city, greatest Buddhist Vihara in subcontinent, UNESCO site (~700-~1200 AD)
Mahasthangarh		- ancient city in northern Bangladesh, Hindu pilgrimage site (~600 BC-~1500 AD)
Gangai Konda Cholapuram	- Chola capital of 3 centuries, major temple city in south India
Kanchi			- major ancient city visited by Buddha and Pallava capital (>~500 BC)
Nagapattinam		- major port city, key Chola city, important Buddhist centre, known by Ptolemy
Kaveripattinam		- ancient major seaport known to Ptolemy, Chola capital (<500 AD)
Kalyani			- capital of the Chalukya dynasty, religious centre
Dharwad			- capital and cultural centre of Dharwad, Chalukya/Vijayanagara centre, Muslim stronghold
Salem			- textile capital of the world, fast-growing modern city, religious and industrial centre
Coimbatore		- major city, industrial and administrative centre (>~200 AD)
Masulipatnam		- major trade port throughout history, known by Ptolemy and Periplus (>~300 AD)
Bidar			- capital of Bahmani Sultanate and other Muslim states
Golconda		- major Muslim administrative centre and fortress, diamond trading city
Ellichpur		- capital of Sultanate of Berar, administrative centre under Bahmani, industrial centre
Warangal		- capital of a medieval Hindu kingdom in central India, major economic hub today
Halebid			- capital of the Haysala empire, major religious centre
Pratishthana		- capital of the Satavahana empire
Bijapur			- major city under Chalukya and various Muslim states (>~1000 AD)
Solapur			- large modern industrial city, religious centre
Calicut*		- ancient trade port, capital of Hindu kingdom, Vasco da Gama landed here
Bharuch			- major trade city throughout history, founded by Greeks
Mangalore		- major west-coast trade city throughout history, known by Pliny and Ptolemy
Dhar			- medieval city, capital of Paramara, cultural and education centre
Amber			- capital of Jaipur state until Jaipur city was founded, great fortress (~900 AD)
Chittor			- Rajput stronghold, important medieval city
Vrindavan*		- holy site and major temple city near Muthara, area where Krishna grew up
Badora			- (Vadodara) major cultural centre in west India (>~800 AD)
Kalpi			- Major muslim adminstrative centre
Belur			- early capital of Hoysala empire, major temple city
Nainital		- mountain station under British in Himalayas, administrative centre today (>1841 AD)
Jabalpur		- cultural, educational, military centre, Tripuri capital and British administrative centre
Ranchi			- summer capital under the British, capital of Jharkhand and centre of seperatist movement
Raipur			- major modern city, commcercial and administrative centre (>~1400 AD)
Sonepur*		- capital of a princely state in Orissa
Bogra			- ancient trade centre, Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu holy site, major city of Bangladesh
Darjeeling*		- British mountain retreat/military outpost, famous for tea industry and railway (>1828 AD)
Imphal			- capital of both ancient kingdom and modern state of Manipur (India east of Bangladesh)
Chandigarh		- very successful modern planned city (>1950 AD)

Names I added to existing city lists:

Spoiler Existing civs :

Arabs:

Tripoli
Tunis
Kairouan
Algiers
Oran
Tangier
Casablanca
Marrakech

English:

Southampton
Sheffield
Salisbury
Colchester
Plymouth
Lancaster
Blackpool
Winchester
Hull


French:

Nice
St Etienne
Nantes
Reims
Le Mans
Montpellier
Limoges
Nancy
Lille
Caen
Toulon
Nimes
Le Havre
Lourdes
Carcassonne
Cannes
Aix-en-Province
La Rochelle
Bourges
Calais


Incans:

Tumbes
Chan Chan
Sipan
Pachacamac
Llactapata
Pisac
Kuelap
Pajaten
Limatambo
Chucuito


Japanese:

Kobe
Nagano
Hiroshima
Takayama
Akita
Fukuoka
Aomori
Kamakuro
Kochi
Naha


Malians:

Kangaba
Dia
Tiraqqa
Awkar
Kukiya
Takrur
Arawan
Sya
Taoudenni
Bambouk
Kirina


Ottomans:

Trabzon
Erzurum
Urfa
Izmit
Afyon
Bitlis


Spanish:

La Coruna
Oviedo
Bilbao
San Sebastian
Granada
Merida
Huelva
Ibiza
Las Palmas
Tenerife

 

[RockTheCazbah87]

?

Random off the given lists for each Civ, randomly picked from a list of cities in the world irregardless of cultural affiliation random, or "ad%T&098t4" random?

This 'ad%T&098t4' random, is this a sneaky XML/SDK/what not change to make, say, London always the capital of England, and have random cities after that?

 

[Leodavinci]

I think Kiev is the most contraversal city - as it is the first capital of Russian civilization, and still it is not even included in Russian city list.
I miss Riga as well, it was founded by Germans, thus it should be at least somewhere in HRE city list.

 

[Locutus]

I agree Kiev is a very notable city that's still missing from the game, though it's hardly the only one. I didn't have the time to fix the Russian city list, perhaps one day...

As for Riga, it was part of the territories of the Teutonic Knights, which were effectively (though not nominally) independent of the HRE. The HRE is a rather poorly defined concept that way. Since BtS has 2 Germanies I decided that the German civ is sort of meant to represent Prussia, the successor of the Knights (the modern German state is an immediate successor to Prussia after all, not the HRE; the German leaders, UU and UB all fit in this philosophy). For these reasons I decided not to include any Teutonic cities (like Königsberg and Riga) in the HRE city list.

 

[Magnus of Borg]

Many cities names in the game have name overlap! Here are some examples:

Smyrna (Greece) = Izmir (Ottomans)
Lutetia (Celtia) = Paris (France)
Ancyra (Celtia) = Ankara (Ottomans)
Lugdunum (Rome) = Lyons (France)

Other examples:
Novgorod (Russia) = Holmgard (Vikings)
Istambul (Ottomans) = Constantinople (Bizantium)

 

[Locutus]

Lots of cities overlap between different civs, the ones from the Celts and Ottomans most of all: about half their city lists overlap with others (more than half even for the Ottomans). On top of that I had to remove some cities from other civs (especially Rome) so I could give them to the Celts (e.g. Mediolanum, Cremona, Bagacum). They have the most overlap with the English and the French, but with others as well:

French:
Tolosa = Toulouse
Durocortorum = Reims
Lutetia = Paris
Burdigala = Bordeaux
Nemausus = Nimes
Samarobriva = Amiens

English:
Camulodunon = Colchester
Isca = Exeter
Ratae = Leicester
Durovernum = Canterbury
Luguvalio = Carlisle

Others:
Botorrita = Caesaraugusta (Romans) = Zaragoza (Spain)
Ubiorum = Agrippina (Romans) = Cologne (Germans)
Ancyra = Angora (Byzantines) = Ankara (Ottomans)
Eblana = Dyflin (Vikings) (= Dublin)
Sinigaglia = Senagallica (Romans)

Finally, Noviomagus is supposed to represent Chichester, England but is also the original Roman name of Nijmegen (Dutch).


The Ottomans predictably overlap mostly with the Byzantines but with some others as well:

Istanbul = Constantinople
Edirne = Adrianople
Ankara = Angora = Ancyra (Celts)
Konya = Iconium
Izmir = Smyrna (Greece)
Kayseri = Caesarea (Romans)
Malatya = Metilene
Antalya = Attalia
Denizli = Laodicea
Eskisehir = Dorylaeum
Bodrum = Halicarnassus (Greeks)
Eregli = Heraclea = Herakleia (Greeks)
Silifke = Seleucia
Sivas = Sebastea
Trabzon = Trebizond
Erzurum = Theodosiopolis
Urfa = Edessa = Urhai (Babylonians)
Izmit = Nicomedia


The Romans also have a fair number of cities that overlap:

Hispalis = Seville (Spanish)
Aurelianorum = Orleans (French)
Caesaraugusta = Botorrita (Celts) = Zaragoza (Spain)
Londinium = London (English)
Eburacum = Jorvik (Vikings) = York (English)
Gordion = Gordium (Persians)
Agrippina = Ubiorum (Celts) = Cologne (Germans)
Lugdunum = Lyons (French)
Treveri = Trier (HRE)
Senagallica = Sinigaglia (Celts)

Caesarea can refer to a lot of cities all over the Roman Empire, among which Iol (Carthaginians), Antioch (Byzantines) and Kayseri (Ottomans).


Others that overlap, from my city lists:

Vikings:
Rowane = Rouen (French)
Jorvik = Eburacum (Romans) = York (English)
Dyflin = Eblana (Celts) (= Dublin)
Holmgard = Novgorod (Russians)

Carthaginians:
Oea = Tripoli (Arabs)
Tingis = Tangier (Arabs)
Iol = Caesarea (Romans)
Gadir = Cadiz (Spanish)
Onoba = Huelva (Spanish)
Ibossim = Ibiza (Spanish)

Babylonians:
Erech = Uruk (Sumerians)
Sirpurla = Lagash (Sumerians)
Nippur = Nibru (Sumerians)
Sippar = Zimbir (Sumerians)
Ellasar = Larsa (Sumerians)
Kutha = Kutu (Sumerians)
Urhai = Urfa (Ottomans) = Edessa (Byzantines)
Shushan = Susa (Persians)


I'm sure that the lists not made by me have more overlap as well but I'm not gonna make a comprehensive list of that.

 

[702]

Thank you very much Locutus!
Interesting to see your reasoning behind including cities as well!

 

[flamingzaroc121]

I like the way Birmingham is mentioned in Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Those brummies and their guvnor loving!

actually the Birmingham referred to is in Alabama actually the capital