The more interesting definition is what constituted a city in the relevant period of history. Important nexi of trade would easily achieve city status without thousands of citizens. Jostein
Den 29. juni 2016 22.39.41 CEST, skrev "P.J. Alling" <webstertwenty...@gmail.com>: >Those places started as villages, then grew into cities. I don't know >what your definition of a city is but it needs at least a couple >thousand people. > >On 6/29/2016 1:56 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 1:04 AM, P.J. Alling ><webstertwenty...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Strictly speaking they weren't civilized, they didn't build cities. >> >> I do not accept that definition, and do not find it in any of my >> dictionaries. >> >> In any event, they did build and occupy cities. Ireland had no >cities >> before the Vikings, who established Dublin. Cork, Waterford, Wexford >and >> Limmerick. York was a Viking city for quite some time, as was Rouen. >> Sliasthorp was there most important city in what is now Germany, and >of >> course there was the norse capital of Trondheim >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
