![]() ![]() ![]() There are two types of imperial cities: imperial cities that have been declared as such by a state or an empire, and cities that are large because they are the central stage for empire-building, which may be slightly different in terms of institutions and law. I believe that the largest urban settlements in the world between, say 15, are imperial cities. Global Cities & Empire in the Early Modern PeriodĭRIES LYNA: To start off the discussion, I would like to posit a thesis: “all global cities in the early modern period were imperial.” Catia?ĬATIA ANTUNES: The clear answer from my side to your question for the early modern period is: yes. They include the Global Urban History Project’s Dries Lyna Radboud University Nijmegen) and Cyrus Schayegh Graduate Institute Geneva), along with Leiden University’s Anne-Isabelle Richard and Catia Antunes. The Toynbee Prize is excited to bring you the transcript of the conversation that these questions inspired between four leading scholars with expertise in different world regions and time periods working at the intersection of global and urban history. What role did cities play in imperial expansion and globalization? Despite massive urbanisation and a revolution in transport technologies and systems, did the modern period see a decrease in truly global cities? Have some cities become less global over time? What about global villages? Can we think of a small Dutch town “with families that drink coffee and have some cotton clothing” as a global place? These questions are at the heart of debates in the growing field of global urban history. By Dries Lyna, Radboud University Nijmegen ![]()
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