Acropolis (Ancient Greece): The citadel of ancient Athens, which contained the Parthenon, the Erechtheum, etc.

Actium (Ancient Greece): Known for the battle of Actium, which established the victory of Octavian over Antony and Cleopatra (31 BC).

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia): Capital and biggest city. Name means ‘New Flower’. Hq. of African union, and UN Economic commission for Africa, Emperor Haile selassie I ruled the country for about 50 years until deposed in 1974.

Al Aqsa Mosqu (Jerusalem): Islam’s third holier place, after Mecca and Medina.

Alaska (USA): Bought by USA from Russian in 1867.

Albany (USA): Capital of N. York sate. Albany Congress (1754) was the US colonial gathering of proposed a plan of union for the British colonies.

Alexandria (Egypt): Cit founded by Alexander the Great.

Altamira (Spain): Site of palaeolithic cave paintings and engravings.

Amsterdam (The Netherlands): Capital, major European port.

Anatolia (another name for Asia Minor): Turkey’s Asian region that was part of the Ottoman Empire until republic of Turkey came into existence.