| City |
Description |
| Ammonihah |
The city of Ammonihah had a
significant history prior to the Captain Moroni story. When two
missionaries, Alma and Amulek preached in the city the people bragged of
their strength and independence from God. The converts were burned alive in
a pit of fire the missionaries were imprisoned and threatened with death.
The were saved by a miraculous earthquake. The city was later laid waste in
a single day by Lamanite soldiers who were angry at the Nephites who had
converted several of the people who swore the oath of peace and went to live
with the Nephites and became known as the people of Ammon. At the time of
Captain Moroni, Ammonihah was still in ruins from the Lamanite attack, with
a new generation of Nephites moving in to repair the city. |
| Antiparah |
The city of Antiparah was one of
four neighboring cities occupied by the Lamanites that Helaman brought his
2000 young soldiers to help free. Helaman marched his soldiers nearby
Antiparah to lure one of the strongest Lamanite armies on a chase through
the wilderness. |
| Bountiful |
The land Bountiful received its
name because of the abundance of vegetation and game in the area. It is a
reference point in this story, but does not play a large, strategic role. |
| City of Gid |
The city of Gid was the second of
three cities that Amalikiah attacked in a single day to make a point to
Moroni. There is also a man named Gid. |
| City of Morianton |
The city of Morianton was the
first of three cities that Amalikiah attacked in a single day to make a
point to Moroni. It was also home of the man Morianton whose ambitions led
him to seek to overcome his neighboring cities and confront Teancum in
battle. |
| City of Moroni |
The city of Moroni was built when
Moroni ordered that the Nephites strengthen their cities. It was named in
Moroni's honor, and was located on the border of the east sea. It became the
location of the final showdown between the armies of Ammoron and Moroni. |
| Cumeni |
The city of Antiparah was one of
four neighboring cities occupied by the Lamanites that Helaman brought his
2000 young soldiers to help free. Helaman ordered Jershon to put the city
under siege. |
| Desolation |
The land of Desolation plays only
a small role in this book. It is the area to which Morianton chose to take
his renegade Nephite army. It gained its name centuries earlier when it
became the scene of a massive battle between two warring factions. |
| Gideon |
The city of Gideon is near the
city of Zarahemla and is where Pahoran went to seek refuge when Pachus
crowned himself king. |
| Jerusalem |
The reference to the city of
Jerusalem is to the one in the Old World in Israel, from which Nephi and his
family had fled a few years prior to Israel being taken captive by the
Babylonians. At the time of this story, the Nephites were still familiar
with the references to this city, but it had been centuries since any of
them had been there. |
| Judea |
The city of Judea was the last
hold out of the Nephites in the southwestern part of the land at the time
Helaman arrived to help Antipus and his army. It became Helaman's
headquarters as he sought to free the four neighboring cities which Ammoron
had captured (ie. the cities of Antiparah, Cumeni, Zeezrom and Manti). |
| Land of Ammon |
The land of Ammon is where Ammon,
a missionary whose exploits predate this story, took thousands of Lamanites
who he converted, and who swore an oath of peace that they would never again
take up weapons of war for any reason. The Nephites agreed to share their
land with these converted Lamanites and protect them. 2000 sons of those who
had sworn the oath of peace volunteered to follow Helaman into battle when
it appeared the success of the Nephite armies was in jeopardy. |
| Manti |
The city of Manti was one of four
neighboring cities occupied by the Lamanites that Helaman brought his 2000
young soldiers to help free. Ammoron made it his headquarters while fighting
Helaman and his army. |
| Mulek |
The city of Mulek was the third
of three cities that Amalikiah attacked in a single day to make a point to
Moroni. It was home of three archers whom Amalikiah personally confronted. |
| Nephi |
The city of Nephi, or the land of
Nephi as it was also referred to, was the site of the Nephites' original
colonization of the New World. Centuries before the events described in this
book, the Nephites were forced to flee from the area when the Lamanites
became too much of a threat. At the time of this story, it was the
Lamanites' capital city. Both races claimed rightful ownership of the land,
and many battles which go beyond the scope of this book, were fought seeking
to maintain and/or regain it. Technically, the city of Nephi was the capital
city and the land of Nephi included many Lamanite cities. When used in this
book, it represents the territory controlled and inhabited by the Lamanites. |
| Nephihah |
When the Lamanites captured the
city of Nephihah, it was somewhat of a "last straw" for Moroni. He felt it
was a sign of the collapse of the Nephite leaders' integrity and determined
to find out if this were true by returning to Zarahemla to see if the
Nephite leaders were worth saving. Nephihah was also the city whose walls
Moroni scaled in the night to see what Ammoron and his men were up to. The
chief judge at the beginning of this book was also named Nephihah. |
| Noah |
The city of Noah was near
Ammonihah and was known to be a weak, minor city. Captain Lehi was guarding
it when Ishmael and Ammoron came to attack. |
| Riplah |
Riplah is the name of the hill
Moroni and his army was encamped on when they went to battle against
Zerahemnah. |
| Sidon |
Sidon is the name of the major
river which flows through the land. It is the river by which Moroni and
Zerahemnah's armies fought. |
| Zarahemla |
The city of Zarahemla is the
capital city of the Nephite nation. It was built centuries prior to this
book's events, after the Nephites were driven out of the land of Nephi.
Although it is larger and more grand than the city of Nephi, the Nephites
still long to return to the land of Nephi. Meanwhile, Zarahemla acts as
their chief stronghold and home of their government. |
| Zeezrom |
The city of Zeezrom was one of
four neighboring cities occupied by the Lamanites that Helaman brought his
2000 young soldiers to help free. |
