The Atoz Game (Part 2)

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Favorite time-travel destinations

Athens, 5th century BCE
Baghdad, 1000 AD
Constantinople, 6th century AD
Damascus
Edwardian England
Florence, Italy during the Renaissance

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Favorite time-travel destinations

Athens, 5th century BCE
Baghdad, 1000 AD
Constantinople, 6th century AD
Damascus
Edwardian England
Florence, Italy during the Renaissance
Galilee, 30 AD

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Favorite time-travel destinations

Athens, 5th century BCE
Baghdad, 1000 AD
Constantinople, 6th century AD
Damascus
Edwardian England
Florence, Italy during the Renaissance
Galilee, 30 AD
Houston, TX 2230

in the pleasure dome outside fusion reactor #2

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Favorite time-travel destinations

Athens, 5th century BCE
Baghdad, 1000 AD
Constantinople, 6th century AD
Damascus
Edwardian England
Florence, Italy during the Renaissance
Galilee, 30 AD
Houston, TX 2230
Iceland, 930 AD

For the first meeting of the Althing, one of the first parliaments in the world.

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Athens, 5th century BCE
Baghdad, 1000 AD
Constantinople, 6th century AD
Damascus
Edwardian England
Florence, Italy during the Renaissance
Galilee, 30 AD
Houston, TX 2230
Iceland, 930 AD
Jerusalem, 30 BCE

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Favorite time-travel destinations

Athens, 5th century BCE
Baghdad, 1000 AD
Constantinople, 6th century AD
Damascus
Edwardian England
Florence, Italy during the Renaissance
Galilee, 30 AD
Houston, TX 2230
Iceland, 930 AD
Jerusalem, 30 BCE
Kingston, Jamaica, 1660

Pirate Central!

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Favorite time-travel destinations

Athens, 5th century BCE
Baghdad, 1000 AD
Constantinople, 6th century AD
Damascus
Edwardian England
Florence, Italy during the Renaissance
Galilee, 30 AD
Houston, TX 2230
Iceland, 930 AD
Jerusalem, 30 BCE
Kingston, Jamaica, 1660
Lawrence, Kansas, 1856

Specifically, for the Sacking of Lawrence, in May of 1856. It was an event that led to “Bleeding Kansas,” the prelude to the US Civil War.

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Favorite time-travel destinations

Athens, 5th century BCE
Baghdad, 1000 AD
Constantinople, 6th century AD
Damascus
Edwardian England
Florence, Italy during the Renaissance
Galilee, 30 AD
Houston, TX 2230
Iceland, 930 AD
Jerusalem, 30 BCE
Kingston, Jamaica, 1660
Lawrence, Kansas, 1856
Marathon, Greece, 490 BC

Site of a key battle between the Greeks and the Persians

590

Athens, 5th century BCE
Baghdad, 1000 AD
Constantinople, 6th century AD
Damascus
Edwardian England
Florence, Italy during the Renaissance
Galilee, 30 AD
Houston, TX 2230
Iceland, 930 AD
Jerusalem, 30 BCE
Kingston, Jamaica, 1660
Lawrence, Kansas, 1856
Marathon, Greece, 490 BC
New York City, 9-11-01, 7:30am

So I could pull some fire alarms in the Twin Towers, and get people to evacuate before they were hit.

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Favorite time-travel destinations

Athens, 5th century BCE
Baghdad, 1000 AD
Constantinople, 6th century AD
Damascus
Edwardian England
Florence, Italy during the Renaissance
Galilee, 30 AD
Houston, TX 2230
Iceland, 930 AD
Jerusalem, 30 BCE
Kingston, Jamaica, 1660
Lawrence, Kansas, 1856
Marathon, Greece, 490 BC
New York City, 9-11-01, 7:30am
Osaka, Japan, 640 AD

The year of its establishment as capital of Japan

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Favorite time-travel destinations

Athens, 5th century BCE
Baghdad, 1000 AD
Constantinople, 6th century AD
Damascus
Edwardian England
Florence, Italy during the Renaissance
Galilee, 30 AD
Houston, TX 2230
Iceland, 930 AD
Jerusalem, 30 BCE
Kingston, Jamaica, 1660
Lawrence, Kansas, 1856
Marathon, Greece, 490 BC
New York City, 9-11-01, 7:30am
Osaka, Japan, 640 AD
Philadelphia, 1787

Assuming I could sneak in to the Constitutional convention and listen in on the debates.

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Favorite time-travel destinations

Athens, 5th century BCE
Baghdad, 1000 AD
Constantinople, 6th century AD
Damascus
Edwardian England
Florence, Italy during the Renaissance
Galilee, 30 AD
Houston, TX 2230
Iceland, 930 AD
Jerusalem, 30 BCE
Kingston, Jamaica, 1660
Lawrence, Kansas, 1856
Marathon, Greece, 490 BC
New York City, 9-11-01, 7:30am
Osaka, Japan, 640 AD
Philadelphia, 1787
Quebec City, 1775

Battle of Quebec

Rivkah, did you mean Jerusalem, 30 CE? I don’t recall much happening there in 30 BCE.

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Favorite time-travel destinations

Athens, 5th century BCE
Baghdad, 1000 AD
Constantinople, 6th century AD
Damascus
Edwardian England
Florence, Italy during the Renaissance
Galilee, 30 AD
Houston, TX 2230
Iceland, 930 AD
Jerusalem, 30 BCE
Kingston, Jamaica, 1660
Lawrence, Kansas, 1856
Marathon, Greece, 490 BC
New York City, 9-11-01, 7:30am
Osaka, Japan, 640 AD
Philadelphia, 1787
Quebec City, 1775
Rome, 160 AD

The imperial city during its best period

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No, I did not.

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What was there to see in 30 BCE?

Favorite time-travel destinations

Athens, 5th century BCE
Baghdad, 1000 AD
Constantinople, 6th century AD
Damascus
Edwardian England
Florence, Italy during the Renaissance
Galilee, 30 AD
Houston, TX 2230
Iceland, 930 AD
Jerusalem, 30 BCE
Kingston, Jamaica, 1660
Lawrence, Kansas, 1856
Marathon, Greece, 490 BC
New York City, 9-11-01, 7:30am
Osaka, Japan, 640 AD
Philadelphia, 1787
Quebec City, 1775
Rome, 160 AD
Sumer, 3500 BCE

Uruk was one happenin’ place when writing was introduced!

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Favorite time-travel destinations

Athens, 5th century BCE
Baghdad, 1000 AD
Constantinople, 6th century AD
Damascus
Edwardian England
Florence, Italy during the Renaissance
Galilee, 30 AD
Houston, TX 2230
Iceland, 930 AD
Jerusalem, 30 BCE
Kingston, Jamaica, 1660
Lawrence, Kansas, 1856
Marathon, Greece, 490 BC
New York City, 9-11-01, 7:30am
Osaka, Japan, 640 AD
Philadelphia, 1787
Quebec City, 1775
Rome, 160 AD
Sumer, 3500 BCE
Teotihuacan, Mexico 500 CE

Major cultural and religious center; 6th largest city in the world at the time

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Favorite time-travel destinations

Athens, 5th century BCE
Baghdad, 1000 AD
Constantinople, 6th century AD
Damascus
Edwardian England
Florence, Italy during the Renaissance
Galilee, 30 AD
Houston, TX 2230
Iceland, 930 AD
Jerusalem, 30 BCE
Kingston, Jamaica, 1660
Lawrence, Kansas, 1856
Marathon, Greece, 490 BC
New York City, 9-11-01, 7:30am
Osaka, Japan, 640 AD
Philadelphia, 1787
Quebec City, 1775
Rome, 160 AD
Sumer, 3500 BCE
Teotihuacan, Mexico 500 CE
U.K., Nov. 23, 1963

Stop off and get some advice from the Doctor at the start of his recorded travels.

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Good one. That’s the first time I’ve found someone to mention that date without referring to the events at Dealey Plaza.

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Favorite time-travel destinations

Athens, 5th century BCE
Baghdad, 1000 AD
Constantinople, 6th century AD
Damascus
Edwardian England
Florence, Italy during the Renaissance
Galilee, 30 AD
Houston, TX 2230
Iceland, 930 AD
Jerusalem, 30 BCE
Kingston, Jamaica, 1660
Lawrence, Kansas, 1856
Marathon, Greece, 490 BC
New York City, 9-11-01, 7:30am
Osaka, Japan, 640 AD
Philadelphia, 1787
Quebec City, 1775
Rome, 160 AD
Sumer, 3500 BCE
Teotihuacan, Mexico 500 CE
U.K., Nov. 23, 1963
Victoria Falls, Africa, Nov. 1855

David Livingstone is the first European to see and name the massive falls.

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Favorite time-travel destinations

Athens, 5th century BCE
Baghdad, 1000 AD
Constantinople, 6th century AD
Damascus
Edwardian England
Florence, Italy during the Renaissance
Galilee, 30 AD
Houston, TX 2230
Iceland, 930 AD
Jerusalem, 30 BCE
Kingston, Jamaica, 1660
Lawrence, Kansas, 1856
Marathon, Greece, 490 BC
New York City, 9-11-01, 7:30am
Osaka, Japan, 640 AD
Philadelphia, 1787
Quebec City, 1775
Rome, 160 AD
Sumer, 3500 BCE
Teotihuacan, Mexico 500 CE
U.K., Nov. 23, 1963
Victoria Falls, Africa, Nov. 1855
Washington, D.C. 2122