The city was once one of the most prosperous and important capitals in Asia, but today it is now a temple-strewn ghost town.

In Hellenistic times, Oxyrhynchus was a prosperous regional capital, the third-largest city in Egypt.

Helped by the arrival of immigrants from all over Europe, including thousands of Jews, Kraków became a prosperous and culturally enriched capital.

Jinan has been a prosperous provincial capital since the medieval period.

By 1732, the town of Taal became the prosperous capital of the Batangas province.

Bosra has an ancient history and during the Roman era it was a prosperous provincial capital.

Bride prices may be locally inflated by mining royalties, and are higher near the economically more prosperous national capital, Port Moresby.

As the prosperous capital of the largest and most powerful kingdom of its time in all of India, Vijayanagara attracted people from all around the world.

Its pretty, prosperous beachside capital, Songkhla, is a lovely place to spend a few days, with a couple of charming museums, an interesting temple and some cool sculptures.

He founded Alexandria in Egypt, which would become the prosperous capital of the Ptolemaic dynasty after his death.