Curious readers who want to explore world history can visit cities from every inhabited contintent on earth. Each carefully researched map takes readers on a city tour at a unique moment in time—from exploring Athens in ancient Greece during the birth of democracy, to walking the beautiful lamplit streets of medieval Benin, deep in the West African rainforest. Readers can even visit China’s long-lost capital city of Xianyang—a city for which...

From the historic British Isles to the magic of the Mediterranean to the Old World charms of the Continent, viewers will discover the best that these 22 amazing cities and places have to offer.

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