21.  The ancient capital is on the edge of central China, not the go-go coast.

22.  The ancient capital, with its Buddhist and Shinto shrines, had been spared so far.

23.  The Kyoto accord is named for the ancient capital where it was negotiated.

24.  The North Vietnamese army had overrun the ancient capital city as part of the Tet Offensive.

25.  The settlers have vowed that the area, the site of the ancient Israelite capital of the biblical King David, will be turned into a Jewish neighborhood.

26.  They have taken responsibility for the killing of an American tourist last month near the ancient capital of Angkor.

27.  Thus the visit will be heavily symbolic, beginning with his arrival in Xian, the ancient Chinese capital.

28.  Until last year, this ancient capital sat stolidly beneath the snow-capped mountains of the Hindu Kush.

29.  Vestiges of the ancient capital survive, including pyramids, sculpture, and the floating gardens of Xochimilco that produced food for the Aztecs.

30.  When Americans pass through Japan, the two customary stops are Tokyo and the ancient capital of Kyoto.