| UR | Ancient city-state in Mesopotamia (2) |
| SPARTA | Ancient city-state in what is now Greece (6) |
| CARTHAGE | Ancient city-state in N Africa |
| ASSYRIA | Emerging as an independent state in the 14th century BCE, it became a major power in Mesopotamia, Armenia, and sometimes in northern Syria, before declining after the death of Tukulti-Ninurta I about |
| POLIS | City-state in ancient Greece |
| VATICAN | Independent city-state in Rome, _ City (7) |
| WOOLLEY | Ur, an ancient city-state situated between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers, is mentioned in the Book of Genesis, but it remained unidentified until the mid-19th century. In 1922, this archaeologis |
| EDESSA | The ancient Turkish city of Urfa as it was known in Mesopotamia |
| CORINTH | A port in Southern Greece, an ancient city-state (7) |
| CHALDAEA | Ancient empire based around Babylon in Mesopotamia (8) |
| ASSYRIANS | People of an ancient kingdom in Mesopotamia (9) |
| ASSYRIAN | Relating to an ancient civilisation in Mesopotamia (8) |
| SPARTAN | Citizen of a city-state in ancient Greece which was a dominant military force for several hundred years (7) |
| IONIA | Ephesus was one of twelve ancient Greek city states in this region, now in Turkey |
| DUBAI | City-state in the UAE (5) |
| SINGAPORE | Sovereign island city-state in Southeast Asia (9) |
| GENOA | A city state in India securing eastern borders |
| ARGOS | Ancient city state, dominant in the Peloponnese until the rise of Spartan power (5) |
| SUMER | An area in Mesopotamia with a civilisation that flourished in the 3rd millennium BC (5) |
| TOUR | Visit to ancient city-state (4) |
