Abstract

The latest in the highly popular newly written world history series. By arranging the cities of the East and West in the chronological order of their prosperity, a whole new world emerges. Recommended Points
Why were cities built there and how did they come to be what they are today?

This book takes up the world's major cities in chronological order of their prosperity, and provides a bird's eye view of the world's major cities from ancient times to the present day.
・The Amsterdam merchants who quit proselytizing and became successful.
・The Great Fire that triggered the modernization of London
・New York was the capital of the U.S. for only one year
・St. Petersburg used to be "Rabbit Island
・The Roman army led by Caesar nurtured Paris

Babylon
Jerusalem
Athens
Alexandria
Teotihuacan
Rome
Constantinople
Chang'an
Baghdad
Kyoto
Samarkand
Angkor
Tunis
Beijing
Malacca
Moscow
Isfahan
Venice
Delhi
St. Petersburg
Paris
Amsterdam
London
New York
Vienna
Rio de Janeiro
Sydney
Singapore
Shanghai
Dubai
Uruk
Vatican City
Mumbai
Washington D.C.
Prague
Sao Paulo
Hong Kong

Author’s Information

Lecturer of World History at Kawaijuku (Nagoya area). He runs an online prep school "World History.com". Lecturer of World History at Broadband Prep School. Author. History Evangelist