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Did you know that many capital cities in the world right now were built from scratch? In this episode, we dive into some of them and learn about how and why they were built.

 

Mentioned in this episode:

 

• SimCity
• Egypt
• "New Cairo"
• Cairo
• Central Park, New York City, New York, USA
• Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
• Washington, District of Columbia
• Philadelphia
• Articles of Confederation
• Industrial Revolution
• Mason-Dixon Line
• Pierre Charles L'Enfant
• L'Enfant Plaza
• Chicago, Illinois
• Washington Monument
• Canberra, Australia
• British Empire
• Sydney
• Colony of New South Wales
• Colony of Victoria
• Colony of Queensland
• Colony of Tasmania
• Melbourne
• Walter Burley Griffin
• Marion Mahony Griffin
• New South Wales
• Australian Capital Territory
• Ngunnawal language
• Ngabri
• Brasília
• Rio de Janeiro
• Amazon Rainforest
• Oscar Niemeyer
• UNESCO
• Abuja, Nigeria
• Yoruba
• Igbo
• Hausa-Fulani
• Lagos
• Japan