Mohenjo

Counting only places I've actually been (as opposed to, say, Petra or Mohenjo-daro or Adelaide) for pure fantasy setting you can't beat Veliko Tarnovo, in Bulgaria.

MIND MELD: Real-Life Places That Inspire Exceptional World Building 2009

Some 4600 years ago, another city, known as Mohenjo-Daro, flourished in the Indus River valley.

October « 2008 « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2008

Mohenjo-daro, a ruined city in what is now Pakistan that contains the last traces of a 4,000-year-old civilisation that flourished on the banks of the river Indus, today entered the modern history books after government meteorologists recorded a temperature of 53. 7C (129F).

Temperatures reach record high in Pakistan Declan Walsh in Islamabad 2010

Some 4600 years ago, another city, known as Mohenjo-Daro, flourished in the Indus River valley.

Another Form of Arrogance « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2008

We started wheat cultivation from the Mohenjo-Daro times (part of the Indus Valley civilization now in Pakistan), but since then we have hardly produced 6 million tons of wheat …

Questions and Answers: M.S. Swaminathan 2009

Their greatest city was Mohenjo-daro, built on artificial mounds above flood line.

When The Comet Flew Through Ancient Evenings 2008

Mohenjo-daro, of course, is no more, and Mesopotamia has not been a dominant civilization for centuries.

When The Comet Flew Through Ancient Evenings 2008

At the time of the comet, Mohenjo-daro was just 200 years away from its peak of power, when it would have 40,000 residents.

When The Comet Flew Through Ancient Evenings 2008

In such a society, even one with the engineering sophistication evident at Mohenjo-daro, the comet would have been seen as a warning, a sign of the heavens 'displeasure.

When The Comet Flew Through Ancient Evenings 2008

Indeed, the Indian nation has grown several millenuims back, even prior to the period of Harappa and Mohenjo daro, which approximately dates back to 3300 BC in the minimum.

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