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  2. History of cities - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, Mehrgarh, an archaeological site dating to circa. 7000 BCE can be considered one of the first cities in the world, and the origin of agriculture in South Asia. China's planned cities date to the turn of the second millennium BCE. City-states emerging at this time used geomancy to locate and plan cities, orienting their walls to ...

  3. Cradle of civilization - Wikipedia

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    The earliest proto-urban settlements with several thousand inhabitants emerged in the Neolithic which began in Western Asia in 10,000 BC. The first cities to house several tens of thousands were Uruk, Ur, Kish and Eridu in Mesopotamia, followed by Susa in Elam and Memphis in Egypt, all by the 31st century BC (see Historical urban community sizes).

  4. History of Asia - Wikipedia

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    South Asia in World History (Oxford UP, 2017) Goldin, Peter B. Central Asia in World History (Oxford UP, 2011) Holcombe, Charles. A History of East Asia: From the Origins of Civilization to the Twenty-First Century (2010). Huffman, James L. Japan in World History (Oxford, 2010) Jansen, Marius B. Japan and China: From War to Peace, 1894-1972 (1975)

  5. In a remote corner of Asia, one of the world’s oldest cities ...

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    Founded in around 700 BCE, it’s one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, a crossroads of cultures and a hub of learning and trading – especially during the heyday of the ...

  6. Category:Histories of cities in Asia - Wikipedia

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    View history; General What links here; Related changes; Upload file; ... Decades in Asia by city (107 C) Years in Asia by city (8 C) + Timelines of cities in Asia (11 ...

  7. List of oldest continuously inhabited cities - Wikipedia

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    The origin of Lahore can be traced back somewhere between 1st and 7th centuries A.D. [138] One of the oldest cities of South Asia. The first document that mentions Lahore by name is the Hudud al-'Alam ("The Regions of the World"), written by an unknown author in 982 AD. Kathmandu-Lalitpur, Nepal: Nepal Nepal: 2nd century AD

  8. Ancient Chinese urban planning - Wikipedia

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    The cities of states such as Wu, Yue, Chu, and Shu had regional variations. By the time of the Qin dynasty conquest there was a great diversity of wealthy cities across China, excluding the Lingnan region. The city marketplace with tower was a new feature of this era that marked the beginning of an integrated economic function of cities.

  9. Historical capitals of China - Wikipedia

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    Beijing (also romanized Peking), literally meaning "Northern Capital", previously also known as Beiping, was the capital of various dynasties and regional regimes, including: The state of Yan (11th century BC – 222 BC) in the Zhou dynasty , when it was called Ji ( 蓟 ; 薊 ; Jì ).