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from ancient Jericho to modern-day Tokyo. Cities have played a crucial role in human development for more than 9,000 years. From Jericho, the oldest known city in the world, to Tokyo, the largest ...

while vestiges from the Middle Bronze Age reveal the presence of a large Canaanite city-state, equipped with an urban centre and technologically innovative rampart fortifications, occupied by a ...