The city now known as Phnom Penh is founded in modern-day Cambodia
Phnom Penh, formerly known as Krong Chaktomuk Serimongkul or shortly known as Krong Chaktomuk is now the capital and most populous city in Cambodia.
Cities
Timbuktu in modern-day Mali becomes a permanent settlement
Timbuktu started out as a seasonal settlement and became a permanent settlement early in the 12th century. After a shift in trading routes, Timbuktu flourished from the trade in salt, gold, ivory, and slaves.
The first settlement appears at the site of modern-day Moscow
The first known reference to Moscow dates from 1147 as a meeting place of Yuri Dolgoruky and Sviatoslav Olgovich. At the time it was a minor town on the western border of Vladimir-Suzdal Principality.
Islet construction begins at Nan Madol in modern-day Micronesia
The ruined city is one of today’s great archaeological enigmas and is sometimes called “Atlantis,” the “eighth wonder of the world,” or the “Venice of the Pacific”.
Caliph Al-Mansur commissions the construction of Baghdad
After the fall of the Umayyads, the first Muslim dynasty, the victorious Abbasid rulers wanted their own capital from which they could rule. They chose a site north of the Sassanid capital of Ctesiphon and also just north of where ancient Babylon had once stood.
The town of Kyiv is founded in modern-day Ukraine
Kyiv, one of the oldest cities of Eastern Europe, played a pivotal role in the development of the medieval East Slavic civilization as well as in the modern Ukrainian nation.
The first city-states in modern-day Myanmar emerge
The city-states were founded as part of the southward migration by the Tibeto-Burman-speaking Pyu people, the earliest inhabitants of Myanmar of whom records are extant.
The city of Djenné-Djenno thrives in modern-day Mali
It is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is considered to be among the oldest urbanized centers and the best-known archaeology site in sub-Saharan Africa.
The city of Samarkand is founded in modern-day Uzbekistan
Along with Bukhara, Samarkand is one of the oldest inhabited cities in Central Asia, prospering from its location on the trade route between China and the Mediterranean (Silk Road).
The ancient Mayan city of Altun Ha is founded in modern-day Belize
Altun Ha was occupied for many centuries, from about 900 B.C.E to C.E. 1000. Most of the information on Altun Ha comes from the Classic Period from about C.E. 400 to C.E. 900, when the city was at its largest.