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Africa

Also known as African continent · Afrika · afrikanischer Kontinent

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Algeria

Inside Africa

Also known as Alg. · Algerie · Algerien

Country in North Africa.

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Algiers

Inside Algeria

Also known as Alger · Algier · Argel

Capital city of Algeria.

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Telergma Airport

Inside Algeria

Also known as aérodrome de Telergma · DAAM · Telerghma Airport

Airfield in Algeria used by Allied forces during World War II.

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country1

Benin

Inside Africa

Also known as Benim · la République du Bénin · República de Benín

Country in West Africa; modern territory includes the historical Kingdom of Dahomey.

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Botswana

Inside Africa

Also known as Botsuana · bw · la République du Botswana

Southern African country formerly administered as the Bechuanaland Protectorate.

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country28

Egypt

Inside Africa

Also known as Ägypten · Arabische Republik Ägypten · Arab Rep. Egypt

The Roman province containing Alexandria and the wider administrative and cultural setting of the story.

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Alexandria

Inside Egypt

Also known as Alejandria · Aleksandria · Alexandria, Egypt

The cosmopolitan Egyptian city where Hypatia taught and where the film’s religious and political conflicts unfold.

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Cairo

Inside Egypt

Also known as Al-Qahirah · Caire · Cairo, Egypt

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Sinai Peninsula

Inside Egypt

Also known as Désert du Sinaï · Deserto de Sinai · Deserto do Sinai

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Thebes

Inside Egypt

Also known as Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis · Antigua Tebas y su necrópolis · Antikes Theben mit seiner Nekropole

Major ancient Egyptian city and religious center, especially important to the cult of Amun and the pre-Amarna royal court.

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Kenya

Inside Africa

Also known as ke · Kenia · la République du Kenya

Country in East Africa.

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Nairobi

Inside Kenya

Also known as Kenya capital · Kenya capital city · Kenyan capital

Capital and largest city of Kenya.

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country3

Libya

Inside Africa

Also known as Estado de Libia · LBA · l’État de Libye

North African country containing Benghazi.

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Benghazi

Inside Libya

Also known as Banġāzī · Bengasi · Bengazi

Libyan city and the central setting of the 2012 Benghazi attack depicted in 13 Hours.

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Tobruk

Inside Libya

Also known as Tobrouk · Tobruch · Tobruck

Port city in Libya.

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country1

Morocco

Inside Africa

Also known as al-Maġrib · Kingdom of Morocco · Königreich Marokko

Country in North Africa.

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North Africa

Inside Africa

Also known as Afrique du Nord · Afrique septentrionale · Afryka Północna

Northern Africa; principal theatre of SAS Rogue Heroes series 1.

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country2

Rwanda

Inside Africa

Also known as la République du Rwanda · República Ruandesa · Republic of Rwanda

Country in East Africa.

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Kigali

Inside Rwanda

Also known as City of Kigali · Kigali City · Kigali Ville

Capital city of Rwanda.

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Senegal

Inside Africa

Also known as la République du Sénégal · República de Senegal · República do Senegal

Country in West Africa.

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country1

Somalia

Inside Africa

Also known as Bundesrepublik Somalia · Federal Republic of Somalia · la République fédérale de Somalie

Horn of Africa country containing Mogadishu.

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Mogadishu

Inside Somalia

Also known as Hamar · Maqadīshū · Mogadischu

Capital of Somalia and the central setting of the 1993 battle depicted in Black Hawk Down.

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country7

South Africa

Inside Africa

Also known as África do Sul · Afrique du Sud · Południowa Afryka

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Isandlwana

Inside South Africa

Also known as Isandula

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Rorke's Drift

Inside South Africa

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country4

Sudan

Inside Africa

Also known as al-Sudan · as-Sudan · as-Sūdān

Country in Northeast Africa.

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Tanzania

Inside Africa

Also known as la république unie de Tanzanie · República Unida da Tanzânia · República Unida de Tanzania

Country in East Africa.

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country2

The Gambia

Inside Africa

Also known as Categoria:Gâmbia · Gambia · Gambie

Country in West Africa.

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country2

Tunisia

Inside Africa

Also known as República Tunecina · Republica Tunisina · Republic of Tunisia

Country in North Africa.

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Uganda

Inside Africa

Also known as +256 · Ouganda · Pearl of Africa

Country in East Africa.

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Antarctica

Also known as Antarctique · Antarktika · Antarktis

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Arctic

Also known as Árctica · Árctico · Arctic Ocean Region

Polar region surrounding the North Pole.

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Asia

Also known as Asia continental · Asian continent · asiatischer Kontinent

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Afghanistan

Inside Asia

Also known as Af. · Afeganistão · Affghanistan

Country in Central and South Asia.

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Anatolia

Inside Asia

Also known as Anadolu · Anatolian Peninsula · Anatolie

Anatolian Peninsula / Asia Minor.

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Central Asia

Inside Asia

Also known as Asia Central · Asie centrale · Azja Środkowa

The broad Central Asian steppe associated with the Massagetae and other Saka groups.

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China

Inside Asia

Also known as All under Heaven · Cathay · Celestial Kingdom

The broad geographic setting of the story.

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Beijing

Inside China

Also known as Bākgīng · Beeijing · Beijing Shi

Capital city of China.

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Forbidden City

Inside Beijing

Also known as Cidade Proibida · Cite interdite · Ciudad Prohibida

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Chang'an

Inside China

Also known as Changan · Chang-ngan · Hsi-an

Ancient capital and city of China.

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Dunhuang

Inside China

Also known as Dunhuang City · Dunhuang County · Dunhuangshi

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Foshan

Inside China

Also known as Foszan

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Guangzhou

Inside China

Also known as Cantam · Cantão · Cantão (cidade)

Major city in Guangdong, China, historically known as Canton.

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Hong Kong

Inside China

Also known as CN-91 · H. K. · HK

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Nanjing

Inside China

Also known as Jiangnin · Jiangning · Kiangnin

Capital of Jiangsu and former Chinese national capital.

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Shanghai

Inside China

Also known as Chang-hai · Changhaï · Hu

Major Chinese city and an important setting in Assassination.

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Tianjin

Inside China

Also known as Himmelsfurt · Municipality of Tianjin · Tianjin Municipality

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Wuhan

Inside China

Also known as Wu Han · Wuhan, Hubei Province

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Cyprus

Inside Asia

Also known as Chipre · Chypre · Chypre-Sud

Island country in the eastern Mediterranean.

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Goguryeo

Inside Asia

Also known as Goryeo · Kogurio · Kogurjo

Historical Korean kingdom.

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Goryeo

Inside Asia

Also known as Goryeoguk · Koryo · Koryŏ

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Himalayas

Inside Asia

Also known as chaîne de l'Himalaya · Himalaias · Himalaja

The mountain system forming the physical setting for Harrer's escape and trek to Lhasa.

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Mount Everest

Inside Himalayas

Also known as Chomolangma · Czomolungma · Czumulungma

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India

Inside Asia

Also known as Al Hind · Bharata · Bharat Ganarajya

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Amritsar

Inside India

Also known as Ambarsar · Amrita Saras · Amritsar (India)

Punjab city associated with the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

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Dandi

Inside India

Coastal settlement in Gujarat where Gandhi made salt on April 6, 1930.

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Kolkata

Inside India

Also known as Cal · Calcuta · Calcutta

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New Delhi

Inside India

Also known as Nai Dilli · Nayi Dilli · NDMC area

The city where Gandhi was assassinated on January 30, 1948, and where his funeral procession took place.

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Panipat

Inside India

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Rajasthan

Inside India

Also known as IN-RJ · Radżastan · Rajastan

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Indonesia

Inside Asia

Also known as id · Indonesie · Indonesien

Country in Southeast Asia.

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Iran

Inside Asia

Also known as ir · Irão · IRI

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Isfahan

Inside Iran

Also known as Aspadana · Aspadāna · Aspão

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Tehran

Inside Iran

Also known as Teerão · Teheran · Ṭihrán

Capital of Iran and central setting of the hostage-rescue operation dramatized in Argo.

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Iraq

Inside Asia

Also known as al-‘Irāq · iq · Irak

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Babylon

Inside Iraq

Also known as Babel · Babilon · Babilonia

The major Babylonian city and an important center of Cyrus II’s empire, depicted in the film as the setting for the diplomatic deception preceding the campaign.

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Baghdad

Inside Iraq

Also known as Bagdá · Bagdad · Bagdade

Baghdad was the political and military center of occupied Iraq and a major site of insurgent and sectarian violence.

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Fallujah

Inside Iraq

Also known as Al Falludża · Falloudja · Fallouja

Fallujah was a major center of insurgent resistance and the site of two major battles involving U.S. forces in 2004.

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Ramadi

Inside Iraq

Also known as Ar-Ramadi

Ramadi, in Anbar Province, was a major arena of fighting between U.S. forces and insurgents during the Iraq War.

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Israel

Inside Asia

Also known as Estado de Israel · Estado Judeu · État d'Israël

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Hattin

Inside Israel

The battlefield near the Sea of Galilee where Saladin defeated the main army of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1187.

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Masada

Inside Israel

Also known as Belagerung von Masada · Fortaleza de Massada · Forteresse de Massada

Ancient fortress and archaeological site in Israel.

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Nazareth

Inside Israel

Also known as an-Nāṣira · Naṣrath · Natzrat

Galilean village traditionally associated with Jesus’s upbringing and early life.

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Japan

Inside Asia

Also known as Estado de Japón · Estado do Japão · État du Japon

The principal setting, undergoing political centralization, military modernization, and the decline of the samurai order.

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Hiroshima

Inside Japan

Also known as City of Hiroshima · Hirochima · Hiroschima

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Iwo Jima

Inside Japan

Also known as île du soufre · Iojima · Iō-jima

Volcanic island of Japan and major World War II battle site.

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Kobe

Inside Japan

Also known as Ko-be · Kōbe · Kobe City

Port city in Japan.

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Kure

Inside Japan

Also known as Kure Hiroshima

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Kyoto

Inside Japan

Also known as Kioto · Kyōto · Kyoto City

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