capitals

Logically speaking, where would a scandinavia with these borders be? I don't really have a PoD for this since it needs to be before the GNW for the Baltic territory, but not too far back to butterfly pan nationalism, but I feel like there are 3 real options: Stockholm, as sweden was the...

Are there any cities that fell out of prominence in ancient times, but definitely could have retained prominence into the modern era? Or locations that didn't host strategic or capital cities historically, which definitely could have? For example: Hattusa (Had 50,000 people in the Bronze Age...

I'm especially curious on this topic for European countries, like France and England. Here's a few: Given the names of Beijing and Nanjing, Nanjing could be a potential capital if Beijing is under Communist rule in a stalemated Chinese Civil War. If Greece/a Greek state gets Constantinople...