Introduction

Preface / Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Jericho (Agriculture)

Chapter 2: Göbekli Tepe (Religion)

Chapter 3: Budj Bim (Aquaculture)

Chapter 4: Uruk (Writing)

Chapter 5: Mohenjo-Daro (Sanitation)

Chapter 6: Nan Madol (Seafaring)

Chapter 7: Memphis (Medicine)

Chapter 8: Ur (Law)

Chapter 9: Chichen Itza (Team Sports)

Chapter 10: Athens (Philosophy)

Chapter 11: Alexandria (Information)

Chapter 12: Rome (Roads)

Chapter 13: Chang'an (Trade)

Chapter 14: Baghdad (Astronomy)

Chapter 15: Kyoto (The Novel)

Chapter 16: Bologna (Universities)

Chapter 17: Hangzhou (Paper Money)

Chapter 18: Florence (Art)

Chapter 19: Dubrovnik (Public Health)

Chapter 20: Benin City (Security)

Chapter 21: Mainz (Printing Press)

Chapter 22: Seville (Navigation)

Chapter 23: Amsterdam (Openness)

Chapter 24: Agra (Architecture)

Chapter 25: Cambridge (Physics)

Chapter 26: Paris (Enlightenment)

Chapter 27: Edinburgh (Social Science)

Chapter 28: Philadelphia (Liberal Democracy)

Chapter 29: Vienna (Music)

Chapter 30: Manchester (Industrialization)

Chapter 31: London (Emancipation)

Chapter 32: Wellington (Suffrage)

Chapter 33: Chicago (Railroads)

Chapter 34: Los Angeles (Cinema)

Chapter 35: New York (Finance)

Chapter 36: Hong Kong (Non-Interventionism)

Chapter 37: Houston (Spaceflight)

Chapter 38: Berlin (Fall of Communism)

Chapter 39: Tokyo (Technology)

Chapter 40: San Francisco (Digital Revolution)

Suggested Further Reading

Discussion Questions for Book Clubs & Classrooms

Centers of Progress

40 Cities That Changed the World