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Venice as a Maritime Republic (c. 697–1797)

697 - 1797

21 entries

Uruk Urban Expansion (c. 4000–3100 BCE)

2900 - 4000

12 entries

Tokyo: Meiji-era Urban Transformation (1868–1912)

1868 - 1914

14 entries

Thanjavur and the Chola Temple-City System (c. 9th–13th centuries CE)

848 - 2004

15 entries

Teotihuacan: Rise and Decline (c. 100 BCE–550 CE)

100 BCE - 600

18 entries

Tenochtitlan and the Aztec Urban System (c. 1325–1521 CE)

1325 - 1521

14 entries

Sumerian City-States: Ur, Lagash, and Larsa (c. 3000–2000 BCE)

4000 BCE - 1763 BCE

15 entries

Rome: Urban Development from Regal Period to Early Empire (c. 753 BCE–14 CE)

753 BCE - 14

14 entries

Punic Carthage: Urban and Maritime Growth (c. 814–146 BCE)

814 BCE - 146 BCE

16 entries

Pataliputra under the Mauryan Empire (c. 322–185 BCE)

321 BCE - 185 BCE

11 entries

Paris Haussmannization and Urban Reform (1853–1870)

1852 - 1870

14 entries

New York City: Immigration and Rapid Urban Growth (c. 1840–1920)

1840 - 1920

20 entries
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