it has been a political, financial/economic and cultural capital for longer than just about any other city in the Anglo & European spheres. Ummm, what? London has certainly been around a while, but that's quite a claim. For one thing, the city declined after Roman rule, and only became capital again about 1000 years ago- and even then, it was the center of a state that wasn't particularly important at the time. Under Roman rule, it peaked at 45,000-60,000 people. As of 1100, the city had just 15,000 people.
Rome is almost a millennium older, and had a million people before Christ was around. Athens claims to have been continuously inhabited for 3000 years, with 300,000 people there 2500 years ago. And Istanbul was capital of 4 empires from 330 until 1922. I need hardly explain to you the political, economic, and cultural significance of any of those towns.
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Ummm, what? London has certainly been around a while, but that's quite a claim. For one thing, the city declined after Roman rule, and only became capital again about 1000 years ago- and even then, it was the center of a state that wasn't particularly important at the time. Under Roman rule, it peaked at 45,000-60,000 people. As of 1100, the city had just 15,000 people.
Rome is almost a millennium older, and had a million people before Christ was around. Athens claims to have been continuously inhabited for 3000 years, with 300,000 people there 2500 years ago. And Istanbul was capital of 4 empires from 330 until 1922. I need hardly explain to you the political, economic, and cultural significance of any of those towns.