How Did Cities Work Before Cars?
How did cities work before the industrial revolution? How different were they to our modern cities, but also how similar were they, despite the technological differences? Thanks to @ByronLewis for lending his voice! MUSIC: "Far Over the Mountain" by Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen "Chennai" by Esme Cruz "Terms of Trade" by Esme Cruz "An Ordinary Day" by Deskant "Pacific Journey" by Edward Karl Hanson "A Celtic Blessing" by Bonnie Grace (All via EpidemicSound) 📖 SOURCES: [1] https://homepages.uc.edu/~martinj/Latin/Roman_Population/Misc%20Population%20docs.docx [2] https://www.techradar.com/features/why-dont-we-live-in-walled-cities-anymore [3] https://www.visitberlin.de/en/ancient-city-walls [4] https://www.dbryen.com/articles/biblical/city-gates [5] https://pedshed.net/?p=12 [6] http://www.chinaknowledge.de/Literature/Classics/kaogongji.html CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 00:51 Density 01:33 Roads/transport 02:48 Walls 05:12 City planning (roads cont'd) 06:47 Daily life and logistics 09:14 Conclusion and finishing thoughts Parts of this video were filmed in Assassin's Creed Origins, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, and Minecraft (featuring the Conquest Reforged mod). KhAnubis is not affiliated with or endorsed by Ubisoft nor Mojang/Microsoft 👕 MERCH! https://crowdmade.com/collections/khanubis CONTACT: contact@khanubis.tv SPONSORSHIP INQUIRIES: khanubis@thoughtleaders.io 👥 DISCORD SERVER: https://discord.gg/4FZZJkXCGY THANK YOU, BRONZE AGE+ PATRONS! (https://www.patreon.com/khanubis) Bulcsú Farmasi, Nif Lindsay, Rajmohana Panicker, Rebanics, Tobi Burch-Rates Or make one-time donations at https://paypal.me/khanubis http://www.khanubis.tv
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