Shifting Power: Visualizing The World's Largest Cities For The Last 6000 Years

by Tyler Durden Dec 24, 2016 10:30 PM In 300 B.C., Carthage was one of the world’s largest cities with up to 700,000 people living within its walls. The Carthaginian republic was a force to be reckoned with, controlling inconceivable amounts of wealth and land all around the Mediterranean. However, just over a century later in 146 B.C., Carthage was burnt to the ground by the Romans. The destruction of Carthage was so thorough that many things are still not known about their civilization today. Carthage went from being a major power to literally being wiped off of the map. ADVERTISING A few decades after the annihilation of Carthage, it was Rome’s turn to become the world’s largest city for close to 500 years. Of course, Rome itself would fall by 476 A.D. for a variety of reasons. And so the title of the world’s largest city would transfer again, this time to Constantinople across the Mediterranean. Reed more:http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-24/shifting-power-visualizing-worlds-largest-cities-last-6000-years