The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects is a 1961 National Book Award winner by American historian Lewis Mumford. It...
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Towns and cities have a long history, although opinions vary on which ancient settlements are truly cities. The benefits of dense settlement included...
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The history of Mexico City stretches back to its founding ca. 1325 CE as the Mexica city-state of Tenochtitlan, which evolved into the senior partner of...
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The Forbidden City was first built in the early-15th century as the palace of the Ming emperors of China. It is located in the centre of Beijing, China...
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operator is the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA), which is controlled by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) of New York. In 2016, an...
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York City's population, making the Jewish community the largest in the world outside of Israel. As of 2020[update], over 960,000 Jews lived in the five...
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country, city-state, microstate, and enclave surrounded by, and historically a part of, Rome, Italy. It became independent from Italy in 1929 with the Lateran...
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The history of Quebec City extends back thousands of years, with its first inhabitants being the First Nations peoples of the region. The arrival of French...
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The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football franchise that began play in 1960 as the Dallas Texans. The team was a charter member of the...
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The history of Oklahoma City refers to the history of city of Oklahoma City, and the land on which it developed. Oklahoma City's history begins with the...
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most of its 1,200 year history, Bremen was an independent city within the confederal jurisdiction of the Holy Roman Empire. In the late Middle Ages, its...
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The written history of New York City began with the first European explorer, the Italian Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524. European settlement began with...
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European cities in history List of largest cities, present day Estimates of historical world population Valeriepieris circle "The World's Cities in 2018"...
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Ybor City (/ˈiːbɔːr/ EE-bor) is a historic neighborhood that includes the Ybor City Historic District in Tampa, Florida. It is located just northeast...
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The history of the Jews in Gaza City was intermittent, spanning from the second century BCE until the 1929 Palestine riots and the 1948 Arab–Israeli War...
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States. Cities are home to the majority of Canada's approximately 35.75 million inhabitants (as of 2015)—just over 80 percent of Canadians lived in urban...
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chronicles the history of English football team Manchester City Football Club in further detail from 2001 to the present day. See History of Manchester City F...
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New York City has seen a cycle of modest boom and a bust in the 1980s, a major boom in the 1990s, and mixed prospects since then. This period has seen...
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timeline of the history of Quebec City. 1535 - Jacques Cartier arrived and later winters in the village of Stadacona 1608 – L'Habitation (Quebec City) was founded...
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The Oklahoma City Thunder is an American professional basketball team based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It was established in 2008 when the Sonics left...
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by the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Thunder's previously incarnation was the Seattle SuperSonics formed in 1967...
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City Football Club has its origins in Stoke Ramblers, a team formed by former pupils of the Charterhouse School whilst they were apprentices at the North...
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The history of Birmingham City Football Club spans the period from 1875 to the present time. For detail on individual periods of the club's history, see...
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The Secret History is the first novel by the American author Donna Tartt, published by Alfred A. Knopf in September 1992. The campus novel tells the story...
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Transportation in New York City has ranged from strong Dutch authority in the 17th century, expansionism during the industrial era in the 19th century and...
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America is a 2003 historical non-fiction book by Erik Larson presented...
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As of the 2000 Census, over half of the 37,279 people of Japanese ancestry in the U.S. state of New York lived in New York City. As of 2012, the New York...
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is the history of Leicester City Football Club, based in Leicester, England. The club was founded in 1884 as Leicester Fosse, so named because the team...
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have been Jewish communities in the United States since colonial times, with individuals living in various cities before the American Revolution. Early...
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The history of Manchester City Football Club, a professional football club based in Manchester, England, dates back to the club's formation in 1880 by...
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