Other than Athens or Rome- what do you think is the most influential city in his

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   Alastar Packerposted 13 years ago

   Other than Athens or Rome- what do you think is the most influential city in history?

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   PHILLYDREAMERposted 13 years ago

   I would have to say Egypt.  They made great contributions to Mathematics, and gave us the Great pyramids. Also Jerusalem, the birth place of the worlds most worshiped religions.

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      Alastar Packerposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Both good choices Philly. If not mistaken the Great pyramids are in the geographical center of the world And Jerusalem is certainly been of the most important religious cities for thousands of years.

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   kathryn1000posted 13 years ago

   Jerusalem must be important for it's religious significance  for millenia.
   And Constantinople/Istanbul...home of the Eastern Roman Empire I believe.

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      Alastar Packerposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Excellent choice with Costan/Instan kathryn1000. From the city's founding by Constantine the Great through to the Ottoman Turks in the 15th century it played a tremendous role in world history.

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   angie ashbourneposted 13 years ago

   Cairo Egypt: population of 6.76 million. Cairo is near the Great Sphinx and the Giza pyramid complex. Cairo Egyptian Museum shows - Pharaoh Tutankhamen tomb collection, discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter at the Valley of the King. I have given a few facts about Cairo but it is rich with history. Angie

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      Alastar Packerposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Wow that's a lot of folks there in Cairo Angie! Talk about antiquity and influence on history- Cairo and Egypt have them both in spades. Great choice here Canook!

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   Kevo1986posted 13 years ago

   I'd have to say Sumer, an ancient city where Iraq is now. It is where the first known civilisation comes from.

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      Teylinaposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Influential broad term. Athens/Rome academics/ religion) I think rule. Const/Istan close. Egyptian medical/math rank high but can't think of a city. Sumer blank. I have to include Babylon/Berlin (hedonistic/political-religion mix) for greed and evil?

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      Alastar Packerposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Kevo- so true about Sumer, practically everything we have in our civilization today had their roots in the Sumerian epoch. I'm saving my choice abit longer- surprised no ones brought it up yet, but we'll see.

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      Kevo1986posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Indeed it does Alastar, and Teylina, Sumer along with Akkad and Assyria and Babylon where the main civilizations that made up the Mesopotamian empires.  They brought along the bronze age and the Egyptians picked this up from them as well.

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      Alastar Packerposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      True, very true Kevo- ever read any Sitchen?

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   Teylinaposted 13 years ago

   Kevo, thanks so much for my anthropological/art/geographical/historical lesson! And, no, I'm NOT being facetious. One thing about hp is the learning, relearning, testing of our memories of anything because so many great minds keep mine working--sometimes too hard! When I saw "Sumerian" and "bronze" my mind went to work trying to remember what the bells in my belfry were ringing! So I really, truly appreciate your explanation, because now the bells are ringing peacefully until I can check it out--glad you named it and grateful for the nutshell lesson!! Makes sense now!

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      Alastar Packerposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Read some of Zechariah Sitchen's books sometime Tey. His translations of the Sumerian cuneiform texts are fascinating and have convinced many that there may be more to the ancient "gods" than mere myth.

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   kdawsonposted 13 years ago

   Istanbul.  The Roman Empire lived on here for hundreds of years after the western empire fell.

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      Alastar Packerposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      The capital of the eastern Roman Empire, then the Byzantine Empire, and then the power center of the Ottoman Turks- excellent pick kdawson!

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      Teylinaposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      "studied" portions of other translations of little of the cuneiform texts--varying messages, couple allusions to same as your comment about Sitchen--have to look him up-- this happens to be something I've been interested in a long time. Istanbul yes!

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   Old Empresarioposted 13 years ago

   Babylon was more influential than Athens. Athens only influenced the west, while Babylon influenced Athens and sat in the center of civilization in the 1st Millennia BC.

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      Alastar Packerposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Read a new book called 'Babylon' so got caught up on the Babylonian history some and in my opinion your absolutely right about it having more influence than Athens.

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