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City-states
- DominicaDominica has had no standing army since 1981, after two coup attempts. The mercenaries' ship never left dock.
- HamburgHamburg has more bridges than London, Amsterdam, and Venice put together. Around 2,500 cross its rivers and canals.
- West BerlinIn 1948 the Soviets blockaded West Berlin by land, and the city survived.
- Ancient CarthageWhen Rome destroyed Carthage in 146 BC, it burned nearly every Carthaginian text.
- City-stateAfter Italy seized Rome in 1870, popes called themselves prisoners in the Vatican. A 1929 treaty ended the standoff.
- Vatican CityOn the 11th of February 1929, two men signed a treaty at the Lateran Palace and created Vatican City.
- ViennaVienna's socialist city government built over 60,000 apartments between 1925 and 1934.
- SingaporeIn 1965, Malaysia's Parliament voted 126 to 0 to expel Singapore from its federation. It had joined in 1963.
- AthensIn 1687, a shot ignited gunpowder stored inside the Parthenon in Athens.
- BerlinBerlin, the capital of Germany, may carry a word for swamp in its very name. The city lies in the northeast of the country, in land once settled by Slavs. Its name appears to be rooted in the language of the West Slavs and may be related…
- Free City of DanzigWhat was the Free City of Danzig?