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Gao, on the banks of the Niger River, has been a commercial center in the trans-Saharan trade since the 9th century.

In late March of 2012 Gao was taken over from Mali by Ancar Dine rebels and the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, and declared the capital of the nation of Azawad (not yet recognized internationally).

The ruins of Gaochang, an ancient oasis city built on the northern rim of the Taklamakan Desert in China, mark a stopping point for merchant traders traveling on the Silk Road.

Gaza City a Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip on the eastern Mediterranean coast, has seen human occupation for 5,000 years. It has been ruled or invaded by the Egyptians, Philistines, Romans, Byzantines, Crusaders, Mongols, Ottomans, and the British.

Currently, Hamas, the Palestinian Sunni Islamic political party, has control of the city and Gaza Strip.

Gdansk, Poland's primary seaport, lies on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea.

The Solidarity movement, which lead to the downfall of Communism, began in Gdansk.

Gdansk is known as Danzig in German.

Notable people associated with Gdansk: Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Günter Grass, Johannes Hevelius, Arthur Schopenhauer, Lech Walesa.

Geneva, Switzerland, one of the most important global financial centers, is also called the “Peace Capital” for hosting the European headquarters of the United Nations and the seats of dozens of international organizations.

Geneva was also one of the centers of the Protestant Reformation.

Notable people associated with Geneva: John Calvin, Sir Humphry Davy, Isabelle Eberhardt, Carlotta Grisi, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Edgar Snow, Richard Tarnas, Jorge Luis Borges, Jean Henri Dunant.

Genoa is a seaport in northwestern Italy, located on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea of the Mediterranean.

Famous people associated with Genoa include: Leon Battista Alberti, Giovanni Cassini, Christopher Columbus, Niccolò Paganini, John Cabot.

Gerasa, known today as Jerash, was an ancient city in present day Jordan.

As one of the Decapolis, a group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire in Judea and Syria, it is considered one of the most important and best preserved Roman cities in the Near East.

Ghent, located in the Flemish area of Belgium, started as a settlement confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys.

During the Middle Ages Ghent was one of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe.

Notable people associated with Ghent include Charles V, John of Gaunt (Ghent), Jan van Eyck, and Maurice Maeterlinck.

Glasgow, situated on the River Clyde, is the largest city in Scotland.

Glasgow was a center of the 18th century Enlightenment, then a leader in the Industrial Revolution and is now an important financial center.

Notable people associated with Glasgow include Joseph Black, James Boswell, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, A. J. Cronin, James Frazer, James Herriot, R. D. Laing, Joseph Lister, David Livingstone, Charles Rennie Mackinstosh, Robert Owen, Adam Smith, Tobias Smollett, James Watt.

Goma, a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is on the northern shore of Lake Kivu in the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift system.

Recent history of Goma has been seen the influx of refugees from Rwandan Genocide of 1994, the first and second Congo Wars, and the eruptions of Nyiragongo Volcano which have destroyed 40% of the city.

Lake Kivu is also noted as a threat – a natural phenomenon known as limnic eruption is possible, and likely, due to large amounts of dissolved carbon dioxide and methane held at pressure in th depths of the lake. On August 21, 1986 Lake Nyos in Cameroon emitted a large cloud of CO2, which suffocated 1,700 people and 3,500 livestock in nearby towns and villages. Almost two million people live in the vicinity of Lake Kivu.

Goa, actually the smallest Indian state, located on the west coast of the subcontinent on the Arabian Sea (Indian Ocean), is a former Portuguese colony. It's largest city, Vasco da Gama, known as Vasco, is named after the explorer.

The Portuguese territory of Portuguese India existed for about 450 years, until it was annexed by India in 1961.

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