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Had Rome in the list but removed it because I felt I was missing one or two in between it and Vienna. Rome and Florence dominated for a long time. Culture also
by heurist 8y ago
Had Rome in the list but removed it because I felt I was missing one or two in between it and Vienna. Rome and Florence dominated for a long time. Culture also used to be more distributed and heterogeneous prior to industrialization.
- dredmorbius 8y agoDepending on how far back you want to go: Rome, Byzantium and other near-east locations, Cordova and Teledo, Florence and the Italian City-States, Vienna, Paris, London, Amsterdam, ... The list actually seems fairly small. Hrm: listing of largest European cities through history 9sortable tables): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_European_cities_in_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_European_citie... And worldwide: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_cities_throughout_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_cities_through... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_urban_community_sizes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_urban_community_siz...