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This woodcut shows Nuremberg as a prototype of a flourishing and independent city in the 15th century. Towns and cities have a long history, although opinions vary on which ancient settlements are truly cities. Historically, the benefits of dense, permanent settlement were numerous, but required prohibitive amounts of food and labor to maintain.
List of largest cities throughout history; List of national capitals; List of ghost towns by country; List of towns and cities with 100,000 or more inhabitants;
This article lists the largest human settlements in the world (by population) over time, as estimated by historians, from 7000 BC when the largest human settlement was a proto-city in the ancient Near East with a population of about 1,000–2,000 people, to the year 2000 when the largest human settlement was Tokyo with 26 million.
The city of Hangzhou was founded about 2,200 years ago during the Qin dynasty. Kashgar: Shule Kingdom China: 2nd century BC The city of Kashgar was the capital of the Iranic Shule Kingdom and served as a major hub of the Silk Road. [150] Pyeongyang (as Wanggeom-seong) Gojoseon North Korea: 194 BC Built as the capital city of Gojoseon in 194 BC ...
UNICEF defines city proper as, "the population living within the administrative boundaries of a city or controlled directly from the city by a single authority." A city proper is a locality defined according to legal or political boundaries and an administratively recognised urban status that is usually characterised by some form of local ...
Defunct companies of the United States by city (16 C) Former buildings and structures in the United States by populated place (20 C) Jewish-American history by city (25 P)
Lists of cities and towns list notable cities and towns in each country, and are organized by geographic area. See Lists of cities and Lists of towns for additional lists organized in different ways, such as by size.,
Cities go to considerable lengths in competing to host the Olympic Games, which bring global attention and tourism. [187] Paris, a city known for its cultural history, was the site of the most recent Olympics in the summer of 2024. [188]