Take stock of the cities in the world with more than 2,000 years of history.

Speaking of cities in history, there are actually quite a lot of them. Many people have said that it doesn’t matter how many cities there are. So are there any that have a very long history? For example, those that are more than 2000 years old, more than 2000 years ago. There must be some in China in 2000, so looking at the world, what are the cities in the world with a history of more than 2,000 years? Let’s continue to analyze and reveal the secrets!

There are cities in the world with a history of more than 2,000 years. Many, of which China has contributed a large part!

Since there are many cities around the world with a history of more than 2,000 years, we cannot list them all, let alone discuss them in detail. So we analyze it simply. Make a summary of the distribution and formation reasons of these cities. First, let’s take a look at the continents and regions where these cities are located!

I like to use the process of elimination to discuss issues. The first thing that can be ruled out is Antarctica. Because Antarctica has not yet formed a city-state or permanent population, let alone an ancient city with a history of 2,000 years.

Secondly, we can exclude the Americas and Oceania, which were continents discovered only after Western society entered the Age of Discovery. It has a history of just over 500 years. Therefore, most of the cities newly built under the wave of Western colonization and immigration after the Age of Discovery do not have a history of more than 500 years. This includes New York, Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia in the Americas, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Perth, etc. in Australia. Most of these cities have a history of less than 500 years!

Although many people will say that there were Indians and earlier Mayans living in the Americas. But no matter what kind of civilization these people once created or what kind of city-state they built, they all disappeared in the flow of history, and no complete continuation was preserved.

Therefore, ancient cities with a history of more than 2,000 years in the world are mainly distributed in the Eurasian continent and the Nile River Basin in northern Africa. Among them, they are mainly distributed in the four major ancient civilizations and the Roman civilization and Greek civilization around the Mediterranean. Among them, China contributed the most cities. This is because Chinese civilization is the only civilization among the four major ancient civilizations in the world that has not disappeared or experienced faults! At the same time, Chinese civilization coverage and population base are the largest.

In China, cities with a history of more than 2,000 years include Luoyang, Xi'an, Beijing, Kaifeng, Nanjing, Jingzhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Chengdu, Qufu, Xuzhou, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Datong, Wuhan, and Changsha and a series of cities. Since China has so many large and small cities with a history of more than 2,000 years, I will not list them one by one.

Other ancient cities preserved by ancient civilizations on the Eurasian continent include Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, Milan, Damascus, Varanasi, Aleppo, Jericho, Plovdiv, Byblos, etc. !Most of the well-known cities in Europe, such as London, Berlin, Paris, Moscow, and Madrid, have barely reached 2000 years of history.

China has too many ancient cities with a history of more than 2,000 years! At present, there are 135 famous historical and cultural cities in my country at the national level.

What is the name of your city? How old is this city?