The Biggest Cities Over Time Part 1

Here's a look at the most populated cities through the ages, starting with the first city, all the way to the 1 AD.

[awsomemodels]

I am from iraq uruk is basically a village right now and the old ruins still exist

[isaacbakan]

I never would have thought Ukraine to be a holder of the world's largest cities.it makes sense though as Ukraine has very fertile land

[feynstein]

I just realized something. YouTube channels are analogous to geographical places as hubs of activity for people. For instance, right now this channel has 12, 000 subscribers so it's equivalent to a small town with the same population. There are fewer people in the comment section and you're likely to run into the same people in every video. There's a feeling of closeness and belonging, because of the fact that everyone is genuinely interested in the topics presented by the creator. By contrast, we have large-city channels like SciShow and RealLifeLore, where hundreds of thousands of people hang out. People are less friendly, and you're likely to meet trolls, critics and people trying to be popular by posting random comments or memes. Perhaps I'm overthinking but this is how I feel 😂

[jfkfromclonehigh]

Him: Yinxu was the first city outside of the middle east to be the world’s largest city
That City in Ukraine: *Am I a joke to you*

[SaudiHaramco]

I swear to god i'm so used to educational videos being sponsored that i expected you to say something like "cities are one of mankinds most important inventions made possible by squarespace"

[Jeetu]

No wonder Strabo recorded Pataliputra(in India), the biggest and largest city in the world in 318 BCE. Never understood which research he is referring to!

[generalhyde]

It’s literally a crime to not subscribe to this guy!! He is fantastic!!!!

[randomstuff]

Imagine being the worlds biggest city to only having a 7, 000th of the population of the modern day biggest city

[Willybean]

Utqiagvik, Alaska is thought to be the first "city" by a very small amount of people. It's thought to have been inhabited from anywhere between 10, 000 to 17, 000 years ago, and was estimated to have 100-200 people. That seems more like a village, but it was permanently inhabited, and had homes.

[gemis]

I love love love how you contextualize, on macro level, the topic at the beginnings. You're channel will boom, keep it up!

[willydiaz]

The point that a city hit a million people before paper existed is mind blowing! Wow!!!

[avinashzoom]

Recently research pushed back Indus valley civilization back to 7000 BC

[allamasadi]

So someone from the city of Uruk could call themselves the Uruk-hai 😂😂. Love this channel 👍👍👍

[nexusanphans]

"In Jericho."
Me: Oh shit he's about to make some people upset, isn't he?
"In the modern-day *West Bank*"
Me: LOL

[filipnielsen]

Comment section be like “How has this channel only got x subs?” and now it’s deservingly on 308k. Good things come through

[J-qs]

This channel blew up because of this series. I hope you’re proud of this channel, it’s amazing. Just you wait, by the end of 2019 you’ll have a million subscribers.

[thetooginator]

It would be interesting to know why certain cities attracted so many people. My bet is that it was usually a combination of fertile land, a favorable climate, trade routes, access to fresh water, and politics.

[PixelBytesPixelArtist]

Just an FYI for the next time you pronounce Chinese words, the "x" sound is like the "sh" sound in English 😉

[WilliamFang]

I have a sudden urge to play Sid Meyer's Civilization II after watching this video.

[TheYoungWolfI]

Gotta wonder though, since we homo sapiens have been wandering the earth for about 200k years, how many cities came and went where no records, foundations, nor artifacts survived to be found. We only ever speak of up to a few thousand years ago.