Pella

City · c. 675–292 BCE · in Europe

Capital of Macedonian Empire (675 BCE–292 BCE).

Aigai (c. 675–292 BCE): Capital of Macedonian Empire (675 BCE–292 BCE).
Konya (700 BCE): Capital of Sultanate of Rum (1098–1307), Beylik of Karaman (1305–1467).
Sardis (c. 700–546 BCE): Capital of Lydia (700 BCE–546 BCE).
Ying (c. 701–224 BCE): Capital of Chu (701 BCE–224 BCE).
Danyang (c. 722–701 BCE): Capital of Chu (722 BCE–701 BCE).
Catania (729 BCE): Capital of Kingdom of Sicily (1282–1384).
Tripoli (602 BCE): Capital of Ottoman Tripolitania (1864–1911), Kingdom of Libya (1953–1968), State of Libya (2014–today).
Panticapaeum (601 BCE – 370 CE): Capital of Cimmerian Bosporus (404 BCE–370).
Tengzhou (c. 750 BCE): Capital of Teng (750 BCE–451 BCE).
Fengtai County (c. 750 BCE): Capital of Cai (750 BCE–451 BCE).

Around the same time and place

First Olympic Games (776 BCE): Traditional date of the first Olympic Games at Olympia, a festival for Zeus with athletic contests held every four years until the late 4th century CE.
Rome (753 BCE): According to tradition Rome was founded by Romulus in 753 BCE; it grew from a settlement on the Palatine Hill into the capital of a Mediterranean empire.
Iliad (c. 750 BCE): Epic poem attributed to Homer about the Trojan War, generally dated to the 8th century BCE; with the Odyssey, a foundational work of Western literature.
Athenian democracy (508 BCE): The reforms of Cleisthenes in 508/507 BCE created a system in which male citizens voted directly on laws, the earliest well-documented democracy.
Socrates (c. 470 BCE – 399 BCE): Athenian philosopher who examined ethics through questioning dialogue; he was sentenced to death by drinking hemlock in 399 BCE.
Parthenon (447 BCE): Temple of Athena on the Athenian Acropolis, built 447–432 BCE under Pericles; the supreme monument of classical Greek architecture.
Aristotle (384 BCE – 322 BCE): Philosopher and polymath, student of Plato and tutor of Alexander the Great, who founded the Lyceum and wrote on logic, biology, ethics and politics.
Alexander the Great (356 BCE – 323 BCE): King of Macedon who conquered the Persian Empire and reached India, spreading Greek culture across the Near East before dying in Babylon at 32.