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[โ€“] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

yeah and then it fell and then the medieval ages started where you only had buildings made of stone if they were either fortresses for the rulers or monasteries/churches. and then the great fire of london happened in 1666 and people realized it's a stupid idea to build cities of wood and rebuilt everything in stone. that's what i was referencing when i said that "cities weren't built yet" at the very start of the modern age.

[โ€“] lime@feddit.nu 1 points 2 months ago

rome was one of many million-inhabitant cities at the time. baghdad, beijing and chang'e, for example.