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Browse every published place and cultural area in Daily Life History, across all seven historical periods.

Browse the alphabetical directory to find a place or cultural area, then choose an entry for the historical period you want to explore. Keep each entry’s place name and date range together when comparing daily life across periods.

927 entries

Places and cultural areas A–Z

A

• Aachen during the Carolingian period Medieval
• Accra during the 1960s Modern
• Accra during the 1980s Modern
• Aceh during the 17th century Early Modern
• Addis Ababa during the 1960s Modern
• Addis Ababa during the 1970s Modern
• Adelaide during the late 19th century Industrial
• Aden during the Rasulid period Medieval
• Afanasievo steppe pastoralists (c. 3,300-2,500 BCE) Prehistoric
• Agra during the Mughal period Early Modern
• Aguntum during the 1st-2nd centuries CE Classical
• Ahmedabad during the late 19th century Industrial
• Ai-Khanoum during the 3rd-2nd centuries BCE Ancient
• Aizanoi during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Aksum during the 1st-3rd centuries CE Ancient
• Alalakh during c. 1600 BCE Ancient
• Aleppo during the 16th century Early Modern
• Aleppo during the Ayyubid period Medieval
• Alexandria during the late 19th century Industrial
• Alexandria during the Ptolemaic period Classical
• Algiers during the 17th century Early Modern
• Algiers during the 1960s Modern
• Alpine lake dwellings during the Neolithic Prehistoric
• Altamira cave communities (c. 15,000 BCE) Prehistoric
• Amalfi during the 11th century Medieval
• Amarna during c. 1350 BCE Ancient
• Amesbury Archer and Early Bronze Age Britain Prehistoric
• Amsterdam during the 17th century Early Modern
• Amsterdam during the 18th century Early Modern
• Amsterdam during the 1960s Modern
• Ancient Athens during the age of Pericles Ancient
• Ancient Egypt during the New Kingdom Ancient
• Ancient Greece during the 5th century BCE Ancient
• Ancient Rome during the 1st century CE Ancient
• Andean Pre-Ceramic Coast (c. 3,000-1,800 BCE) Prehistoric
• Angkor Borei during the 1st-5th centuries CE Classical
• Angkor during the 12th century Medieval
• Angkor during the 9th-12th centuries CE Ancient
• Ani during the 10th-11th centuries Medieval
• Antioch during the Roman Empire Classical
• Antwerp during the 16th century Early Modern
• Antwerp during the late 19th century Industrial
• Anuradhapura during c. 200 BCE-200 CE Ancient
• Anyang, Shang China around 1200 BCE (late Shang period) Ancient
• Apamea during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Aphrodisias during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Apulum during the 2nd-3rd centuries CE Classical
• Aquileia during the 2nd-4th centuries CE Classical
• Aquincum during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Archaic Arctic and Paleo-Inuit communities Prehistoric
• Archaic Great Basin (c. 6,000-2,000 BCE) Prehistoric
• Arelate during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Arikamedu during the 1st-2nd centuries CE Classical
• Arnhem Land coast during c. 1000 BCE–500 CE Ancient
• Arslantepe during c. 3000 BCE Ancient
• Assur during c. 1400-900 BCE Ancient
• Athens during the 1970s Modern
• Athens during the 5th century BCE Classical
• Auckland during the early 20th century Industrial
• Augsburg during the 16th century Early Modern
• Augusta Emerita during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Augusta Raurica during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Augusta Vindelicum during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Aurignacian Europe during the early Upper Paleolithic Prehistoric
• Avignon during the papal residency Medieval
• Ayutthaya during the 15th century Medieval
• Ayutthaya during the 17th century Early Modern
• ‘Ain Ghazal (c. 8,500-5,500 BCE) Prehistoric

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B

• Baalbek-Heliopolis during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Babylon during c. 600 BCE Ancient
• Badarian Nile villages during the Predynastic period Prehistoric
• Bagan during the 11th-12th centuries Medieval
• Baghdad during the 1950s Modern
• Baghdad during the 1970s Modern
• Baghdad during the Abbasid period Medieval
• Baku during the late 19th-century oil boom Industrial
• Ballarat during the 1860s Industrial
• Baltic communities during the Pitted Ware period Prehistoric
• Baltic Mesolithic communities (c. 7,000-5,000 BCE) Prehistoric
• Baltic wetlands during the Narva culture Prehistoric
• Baltimore during the Gilded Age Industrial
• Ban Chiang during c. 1000 BCE Ancient
• Ban Chiang early village communities Prehistoric
• Ban Don Ta Phet during the 4th century BCE Classical
• Banavasi during c. 200 BCE-200 CE Ancient
• Bandung during the Dutch colonial industrial era Industrial
• Bangkok during the 1970s Modern
• Banpo during the Neolithic Prehistoric
• Barcelona during the 1970s Modern
• Barcelona during the late 19th century Industrial
• Batavia during the 17th century Early Modern
• Batujaya during the 5th-6th centuries CE Classical
• Beijing during the 1980s Modern
• Beijing during the Qing dynasty (18th century) Early Modern
• Beikthano during the 1st-5th centuries CE Classical
• Beirut during the 1960s Modern
• Beirut during the 1970s Modern
• Belfast during the 1970s Modern
• Belfast during the late 19th century Industrial
• Bell Beaker communities (c. 2,700-1,900 BCE) Prehistoric
• Benin City during the 15th century Medieval
• Benin City during the 16th century Early Modern
• Berenike during the 1st century CE Ancient
• Bergen during the Hanseatic period Medieval
• Beringia during the Ice Age Prehistoric
• Berlin after 1990 Modern
• Berlin during the 1970s Modern
• Berlin during the 1980s Modern
• Berlin during the Weimar Republic Industrial
• Bibracte during the 1st century BCE Ancient
• Bilbao during the late 19th century Industrial
• Birmingham during the mid-19th century Industrial
• Biskupin during the early Iron Age Ancient
• Biskupin in Poland during the Early Iron Age Prehistoric
• Bismarck Archipelago during the Lapita period, c. 1500–1000 BCE Ancient
• Blombos Cave during the Middle Stone Age Prehistoric
• Bochum during the late 19th century Industrial
• Bogotá during the 1940s Modern
• Bologna during the 13th century Medieval
• Bordeaux during the 18th century Early Modern
• Borremose village during the 3rd–1st centuries BCE Ancient
• Boston during the 1770s Early Modern
• Bostra during the 2nd-3rd centuries CE Classical
• Botai during the Eneolithic period Prehistoric
• Bradford during the late 19th century Industrial
• Bratislava (Pressburg) during the 18th century Early Modern
• Brașov during the 17th century Early Modern
• Bremen during the late 19th century Industrial
• Brigetio during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Brisbane during the 1970s Modern
• Brisbane during the late 19th century Industrial
• Bristol during the 18th century Early Modern
• Brno during the 14th century Medieval
• Broken Hill during the 1890s Industrial
• Bronocice in Poland during the Neolithic Prehistoric
• Bruges during the 14th century Medieval
• Buda during the 15th century Medieval
• Budapest during the 1950s Modern
• Buenos Aires during the 1940s Modern
• Buenos Aires during the 1970s Modern
• Buenos Aires during the early 20th century Industrial
• Buenos Aires during the late 18th century Early Modern
• Buffalo during the early 20th century Industrial
• Bujang Valley during the 5th-6th centuries CE Classical
• Bukhara during the Samanid period Medieval
• Buni communities of western Java during the 1st-5th centuries CE Classical
• Byblos during c. 1200 BCE Ancient
• Bylany in Bohemia during the Neolithic Prehistoric

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C

• Cadiz during the 18th century Early Modern
• Caesarea Maritima during the 1st century CE Ancient
• Cahokia during the 1100s Medieval
• Cairo during the 1950s-1960s Modern
• Cairo during the 1970s Modern
• Cairo during the late 19th century Industrial
• Cairo during the Mamluk period Medieval
• Cairo during the Ottoman period Early Modern
• Calcutta during the late 18th century Early Modern
• Calicut during the 15th century Medieval
• California Channel Islands Archaic Prehistoric
• Cambay during the 14th century Medieval
• Camulodunum during the 1st century CE Classical
• Canberra during the 1950s and 1960s Modern
• Canopus during the 1st-2nd centuries CE Classical
• Canterbury during the 12th century Medieval
• Canton during the 18th century Early Modern
• Cape Town during the 18th century Early Modern
• Cape Town during the late 19th century Industrial
• Cape York Peninsula during c. 1–500 CE Classical
• Caral during c. 2500 BCE Ancient
• Cardial Ware Mediterranean farmers Prehistoric
• Cardiff during the late 19th century Industrial
• Caribbean Archaic peoples (c. 4,000–1,000 BCE) Prehistoric
• Carnuntum during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Cartagena de Indias during the 17th century Early Modern
• Casablanca during the 1950s Modern
• castles in England and Wales during the 1200s Medieval
• Catalhoyuk (c. 7,100-6,000 BCE) Prehistoric
• Caucasus during the Maykop culture (c. 3700-3000 BCE) Prehistoric
• Chamorro communities on Guam during the 18th century Early Modern
• Chamorro latte settlements during c. 1000–1400 CE Medieval
• Chang'an during the Han dynasty Classical
• Chang'an during the Tang dynasty Medieval
• Charleroi during the late 19th century Industrial
• Charleston during the 18th century Early Modern
• Chartres during the 13th century Medieval
• Chauvet cave communities (c. 32,000 BCE) Prehistoric
• Chavín de Huántar during c. 800 BCE Ancient
• Chemnitz during the late 19th century Industrial
• Chersonesus in Crimea during the 1st-3rd centuries CE Classical
• Chicago during the 1950s Modern
• Chicago during the 1970s Modern
• Chicago during the early 20th century Industrial
• Chichen Itza during the 10th-12th centuries Medieval
• Chola Thanjavur during the 11th century Medieval
• Christchurch during the late 19th century Industrial
• Cincinnati during the late 19th century Industrial
• Cleveland during the early 20th century Industrial
• Clovis hunters (c. 11,100-10,800 BCE) Prehistoric
• Coastal food gathering and household activities in eastern Tasmania during c. 500–1500 CE Medieval
• coastal southern Scandinavia during the Ertebolle period Prehistoric
• coastal Tasmania during c. 1000 BCE–500 CE Ancient
• Coimbatore during the early 20th century Industrial
• Cologne during the 13th century Medieval
• Colonia Agrippina during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Constantinople during the 6th century CE Classical
• Constantinople during the late medieval period Medieval
• Copan during the Classic Maya period Ancient
• Copenhagen during the 17th century Early Modern
• Copenhagen during the 18th century Early Modern
• Copenhagen during the 1950s Modern
• Copenhagen during the 1970s Modern
• Corded Ware communities (c. 2,900-2,350 BCE) Prehistoric
• Cordoba during the 10th century Medieval
• Cordoba during the late medieval period Medieval
• Corinth during the 1st century CE Classical
• Corinth during the Archaic period Ancient
• Ctesiphon during the 3rd-6th centuries CE Classical
• Cucuteni-Trypillia settlements (c. 4,800-3,000 BCE) Prehistoric
• Cuicuilco during c. 400–100 BCE Classical
• Cuicul during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Cusco during the 15th century Medieval
• Cusco during the Inca period Early Modern
• Cyrene during the 2nd century CE Classical

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D

• Dadiwan and early Neolithic northwest China Prehistoric
• Daily life along the Gulf of Papua during c. 1–500 CE Classical
• Daily life along the Murray River during c. 1000 BCE–500 CE Ancient
• Daily life along the Murray River during c. 1000–1400 CE Medieval
• Daily life along the Sepik River during c. 1–500 CE Classical
• Dakar during the 1960s Modern
• Dalian during the early 20th century Industrial
• Damascus during the 12th century Medieval
• Damascus during the Ottoman period Early Modern
• Danebury hillfort during the Middle Iron Age Ancient
• Debrecen during the 17th century Early Modern
• Deir el-Medina during c. 1250 BCE Ancient
• Delhi during the 17th century Early Modern
• Delhi during the 1950s Modern
• Delhi during the 1980s Modern
• Delhi during the Delhi Sultanate Medieval
• Delos during the 2nd century BCE Classical
• Delphi during the Classical period Ancient
• Denisova Cave during the Middle and Upper Paleolithic Prehistoric
• Detroit during the 1920s Industrial
• Detroit during the 1950s Modern
• Deva Victrix during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Dholavira during c. 2500 BCE Ancient
• Dilmun, Bahrain during c. 2000 BCE Ancient
• Djenne during the 13th-15th centuries Medieval
• Doggerland during the Mesolithic period Prehistoric
• Dolní Věstonice (c. 29,000–27,000 BCE) Prehistoric
• Dolní Věstonice in Moravia during the Upper Palaeolithic Prehistoric
• Dong Son culture during c. 500 BCE Ancient
• Dortmund during the late 19th century Industrial
• Dougga during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Dresden during the 18th century Early Modern
• Dubai during the 1970s Modern
• Dublin during the 10th-11th centuries Medieval
• Dublin during the 18th century Early Modern
• Dublin during the 1960s Modern
• Dubrovnik during the 14th century Medieval
• Duisburg during the early 20th century Industrial
• Dundee during the late 19th century Industrial
• Dunedin during the 1880s Industrial
• Dunhuang during the 4th-6th centuries CE Classical
• Dura-Europos during the 3rd century CE Ancient
• Duyfken Point: Prehistoric Shellfish Gathering Prehistoric

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E

• Early farming and wetland cultivation at Kuk Swamp Prehistoric
• early farming Mehrgarh (c. 6,500 BCE) Prehistoric
• Early Holocene Australia (c. 8,000-4,000 BCE) Prehistoric
• Early Neolithic Nile Valley and Fayum (c. 5,200-4,000 BCE) Prehistoric
• Early Pastoral East Africa (c. 2,000 BCE) Prehistoric
• eastern Baltic forest zone during the Kunda culture Prehistoric
• Eastern Han China (25-220 CE) Classical
• Eastern Woodlands Archaic North America Prehistoric
• Ebla during c. 2400 BCE Ancient
• Ecbatana during the Achaemenid period Ancient
• Edessa during the 2nd-3rd centuries CE Classical
• Edfu during the Ptolemaic period Ancient
• Edinburgh during the 18th century Early Modern
• Edo during the 18th century Early Modern
• Elamite Anshan during c. 1500 BCE Ancient
• Elephantine during c. 500 BCE Ancient
• Emar during c. 1300 BCE Ancient
• Entremont during the 2nd century BCE Ancient
• Ephesus during the 1st-2nd centuries CE Classical
• Erfurt during the 14th century Medieval
• Eridu during c. 3500 BCE Ancient
• Erlitou during c. 1700 BCE Ancient
• Essen during the late 19th century Industrial
• Etruscan Cerveteri during c. 600 BCE Ancient
• Etruscan Tarquinia during c. 600 BCE Ancient
• European Mesolithic river and coastal communities (c. 7,000 BCE) Prehistoric
• Everyday life at Bonegilla migrant reception centre during the 1950s Modern

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F

• Fall River during the late 19th century Industrial
• Fayum during the Neolithic Prehistoric
• Federsee lake settlements during the Neolithic Prehistoric
• Fez during the 14th century Medieval
• Fez during the 17th century Early Modern
• Fiji during the Lapita period, c. 1000–500 BCE Ancient
• Fijian communities during c. 1000–1400 CE Medieval
• Fijian villages during the 18th century Early Modern
• Florence during the 1300s Medieval
• Florence during the 1400s Early Modern
• Folsom bison hunters (c. 10,900-10,300 BCE) Prehistoric
• Food gathering and hearths at Lake Mungo in prehistoric Australia Prehistoric
• Food remains and everyday life around Sydney Harbour during c. 500–1500 CE Medieval
• Food, water and household life in the Nazca valleys during c. 100–500 CE Classical
• Fremantle during the early 20th century Industrial
• Funan during the 1st-6th centuries CE Ancient
• Fushun during the early 20th century Industrial
• Fustat during the Fatimid period Medieval

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G

• Gades during the 1st-2nd centuries CE Classical
• Gao during the 14th century Medieval
• Gary during the early 20th century Industrial
• Gdansk during the 17th century Early Modern
• Gdansk during the late 19th century Industrial
• Gdańsk during the 15th century Medieval
• Geneva during the Reformation Early Modern
• Genoa during the 13th century Medieval
• Gerasa during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Gerrha during the Hellenistic period Ancient
• Ghent during the 14th century Medieval
• Glasgow during the 18th century Early Modern
• Glasgow during the 1970s Modern
• Glasgow during the late 19th century Industrial
• Glastonbury Lake Village during the late Iron Age Ancient
• Goa during the 16th and 17th centuries Early Modern
• Gobero during the early Holocene Prehistoric
• Gordion during c. 800 BCE Ancient
• Granada during the Nasrid period Medieval
• Gravettian mammoth bone villages during the late Ice Age Prehistoric
• Great Zimbabwe during the 11th-13th centuries CE Ancient
• Great Zimbabwe during the 15th century Medieval
• Green Sahara (c. 6,000 BCE) Prehistoric
• Gussage All Saints in Dorset during the Iron Age Ancient
• Gyeongju during the Silla period Classical
• Göbekli Tepe communities (c. 9,600-8,200 BCE) Prehistoric

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H

• Hakata during the Kamakura period Medieval
• Halin during the 2nd-6th centuries CE Classical
• Hallstatt during the early Iron Age Ancient
• Hallstatt's salt-mining community during the Early Iron Age Prehistoric
• Hamburg during the 17th century Early Modern
• Hamburg during the late 19th century Industrial
• Hamilton, Ontario during the early 20th century Industrial
• Han Dynasty China (Western and Eastern Han, 202 BCE-220 CE) Classical
• Hangzhou during the Southern Song period Medieval
• Hanoi during the 1980s Modern
• Hanoi during the French colonial period Industrial
• Hanyang during the early 20th century Industrial
• Harappa around 2000 BCE (Mature Harappan phase) Ancient
• Harar during the 15th century Medieval
• Hatra during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Hattusa during c. 1300 BCE Ancient
• Havana during the 1950s Modern
• Havana during the 1980s Modern
• Havana during the late 18th century Early Modern
• Havana during the late 19th century Industrial
• Hawaiian coastal communities during c. 1200–1400 CE Medieval
• Hawaiian coastal villages during the 18th century Early Modern
• Hazor during c. 1300 BCE Ancient
• Heian-kyo during the 11th century Medieval
• Hemudu wetlands during the Neolithic Prehistoric
• Herculaneum before 79 CE Classical
• Heuneburg during the 6th century BCE Ancient
• Hierapolis during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Himera during c. 500 BCE Ancient
• Histria on the Black Sea during the 6th–4th centuries BCE Ancient
• Hobart during the late 19th century Industrial
• Hohokam village during the 1100s-1300s Medieval
• Hong Kong during the 1970s Modern
• Hongshan culture communities (c. 4,700-2,900 BCE) Prehistoric
• Hopewell culture during c. 100 BCE-400 CE Ancient
• Hormuz during the 14th-15th centuries Medieval
• Hull during the late 19th century Industrial

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I

• Ice Age shelter and food preparation at Kutikina Cave in Tasmania Prehistoric
• Ife during the 12th-14th centuries Medieval
• Indus Valley site of Rakhigarhi during c. 2500 BCE Ancient
• Isfahan during the 17th century Early Modern
• Isfahan during the Safavid period Early Modern
• Island food gathering and daily life in the Keppel Islands during c. 500–1500 CE Medieval
• Istanbul during the 16th century Early Modern
• Istanbul during the 18th century Early Modern
• Istanbul during the 1950s Modern
• Istanbul during the 1970s Modern
• Ivanovo during the late 19th century Industrial

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J

• Jaipur during the 18th century Early Modern
• Jakarta during the 1970s-1980s Modern
• Jamestown during the early 17th century Early Modern
• Jamshedpur during the early 20th century Industrial
• Jenne-Jeno during c. 250 BCE-250 CE Ancient
• Jericho during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period Prehistoric
• Jerusalem during the First Temple period Ancient
• Jiroft during c. 2500 BCE Ancient
• Johannesburg during the 1950s Modern
• Johannesburg during the 1970s Modern
• Johannesburg during the 1990s Modern
• Johannesburg during the early 20th century Industrial
• Jomon Japan (c. 3,000 BCE) Prehistoric

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K

• Kaesong during the Goryeo dynasty Medieval
• Kaifeng during the Northern Song dynasty Medieval
• Kaifeng during the Northern Wei period Classical
• Kamakura during the Kamakura period Medieval
• Kanak communities in New Caledonia during the 18th century Early Modern
• Kanesh during c. 1900 BCE Ancient
• Kanpur during the late 19th century Industrial
• Karachi during the 1960s Modern
• Karakorum during the 13th century Medieval
• Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre during c. 1–500 CE Classical
• Katowice during the late 19th century Industrial
• Kerma during c. 1700 BCE Ancient
• Khao Sam Kaeo during the 4th-1st centuries BCE Classical
• Khirokitia during Neolithic Cyprus Prehistoric
• Khmer village during the 12th century Medieval
• Khotan during the 1st-3rd centuries CE Ancient
• Kiev during the 11th century Medieval
• Kilwa Kisiwani during the 14th-15th centuries Medieval
• Kimberley during c. 1–500 CE Classical
• Kimberley during the diamond-mining boom Industrial
• Kingdom of Aksum during the 4th-6th centuries CE Ancient
• Kinshasa during the 1970s Modern
• Kiruna during the early 20th century Industrial
• Kition during c. 700 BCE Ancient
• Klasies River during the Middle Stone Age Prehistoric
• Knossos during c. 1700 BCE Ancient
• Knossos, Crete during the Late Bronze Age (c. 1600-1200 BCE) Ancient
• Kobe during the Meiji period Industrial
• Kobe shipyards during the Meiji period Industrial
• Kolkata during the late 19th century Industrial
• Konya during the Seljuk period Medieval
• Korea's Jeulmun period (c. 4,000 BCE) Prehistoric
• Kostenki during the Upper Paleolithic Prehistoric
• Kostenki on the Don River during the Upper Palaeolithic Prehistoric
• Krakow during the 14th century Medieval
• Krakow during the 16th century Early Modern
• Kuala Lumpur during the 1970s Modern
• Kutná Hora during the 14th century Medieval
• Kutná Hora during the 16th century Early Modern
• Kyoto during the Edo period Early Modern
• Kyoto during the Heian period Medieval
• Kyoto during the Meiji period Industrial
• Kyoto during the Muromachi period Medieval

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• La Venta during c. 800 BCE Ancient
• Lachish during the 8th century BCE Ancient
• Lagash during c. 2400 BCE Ancient
• Lagos during the 1970s Modern
• Lagos during the colonial era Industrial
• Lagos during the late 20th century Modern
• Lahore during the Ghaznavid period Medieval
• Lahore during the Mughal period Early Modern
• Lake Mungo during Pleistocene Australia Prehistoric
• Lalibela during the 12th-13th centuries Medieval
• Laodicea on the Lycus during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Lapita Pacific voyagers (c. 1,500-1,000 BCE) Prehistoric
• Lascaux cave artists (c. 19,000 BCE) Prehistoric
• Late Neolithic Britain (c. 2,500 BCE) Prehistoric
• Lattara during the 5th-3rd centuries BCE Ancient
• Lauriacum during the 3rd century CE Classical
• Lawrence during the late 19th century Industrial
• Le Creusot during the late 19th century Industrial
• Leeds during the late 19th century Industrial
• Leipzig during the 18th century Early Modern
• Lepenski Vir in the Danube Gorge (c. 6,200-5,900 BCE) Prehistoric
• Leptis Magna during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Levant during the Kebaran period Prehistoric
• Lhasa during the 15th century Medieval
• Liangzhu during c. 2500 BCE Ancient
• Liege during the late 19th century Industrial
• Lille during the late 19th century Industrial
• Lima during the 17th century Early Modern
• Lima during the 18th century Early Modern
• Lima during the 1960s Modern
• Linear Pottery Culture Europe (c. 5,500-4,900 BCE) Prehistoric
• Lisbon during the 16th century Early Modern
• Lisbon during the 1970s Modern
• Liverpool during the mid-19th century Industrial
• Lodz during the late 19th century Industrial
• Londinium during the 2nd century CE Classical
• London during the 1400s Medieval
• London during the 17th century Early Modern
• London during the 1960s Modern
• Longshan Neolithic China Prehistoric
• Los Angeles during the 1950s Modern
• Los Millares during Copper Age Iberia Prehistoric
• Lowell during the 1840s Industrial
• Luang Prabang during the 18th century Early Modern
• Lubeck during the Hanseatic period Medieval
• Lublin during the 17th century Early Modern
• Lugdunum during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Luoyang during the Eastern Han period Classical
• Luoyang during the Tang dynasty Medieval
• Lutetia during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Lviv during the 15th century Medieval
• Lviv during the 17th century Early Modern
• Lyon during the 18th century Early Modern
• Lyon during the late 19th century Industrial

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M

• Macau during the 17th century Early Modern
• Machu Picchu during the 15th century Medieval
• Madjedbebe: Stone Tools and Plant Foods Prehistoric
• Madras during the 18th century Early Modern
• Madrid during the 17th century Early Modern
• Madrid during the 1960s Modern
• Madurai during the 1st-3rd centuries CE Classical
• Magdalenian Europe during the late Ice Age Prehistoric
• Maiden Castle in Dorset during the Iron Age Ancient
• Mali Empire during the 14th century Medieval
• Manchester during the mid-19th century Industrial
• Manching during the 2nd-1st centuries BCE Ancient
• Manila during the 17th century Early Modern
• Manila during the 18th century Early Modern
• Manila during the 1950s Modern
• Manila during the 1970s Modern
• Manila galleon households during the 17th century Early Modern
• Mari during c. 1800 BCE Ancient
• Mariana Islands during c. 1–500 CE Classical
• Marib during the Sabaean period Ancient
• Marquesas Islands during c. 1200–1400 CE Medieval
• Marquesas Islands during the 18th century Early Modern
• Marrakesh during the Almoravid and Almohad periods Medieval
• Marseille during the 18th century Early Modern
• Marseille during the 19th century Industrial
• Marshall Islands during c. 1–500 CE Classical
• Masada during the 1st century CE Ancient
• Massalia during c. 500 BCE Ancient
• Mayapan during the 13th-15th centuries Medieval
• medieval England during the 1300s Medieval
• medieval English village during the 1300s Medieval
• medieval English village during the 1300s Medieval
• medieval English village during the 1300s Medieval
• medieval France during the 1200s Medieval
• Mediolanum during the 4th century CE Classical
• Megalithic Malta (c. 3,600-2,500 BCE) Prehistoric
• Megiddo during c. 1000 BCE Ancient
• Melbourne during the 1880s Industrial
• Melbourne during the 1950s Modern
• Melbourne during the 1960s Modern
• Memphis, Egypt during the Late Period Ancient
• Memphis, Egypt during the Old Kingdom (c. 2686-2181 BCE) Ancient
• Meroe during the Meroitic period Ancient
• Merthyr Tydfil during the mid-19th century Industrial
• Merv during c. 200 BCE-200 CE Ancient
• Merv during the Seljuk period Medieval
• Mesa Verde during the 1200s Medieval
• Mesoamerican Archaic villages (c. 2,500-1,500 BCE) Prehistoric
• Mexico City during the 17th century Early Modern
• Mexico City during the 1940s Modern
• Mexico City during the 1980s Modern
• Mexico City during the Porfiriato era Industrial
• Mezhyrich in Ukraine during the late Upper Palaeolithic Prehistoric
• Middlesbrough during the late 19th century Industrial
• Milan during the early 20th century Industrial
• Miletus during the Hellenistic period Classical
• Milwaukee during the late 19th century Industrial
• Minneapolis during the flour milling boom Industrial
• Minoan pre-palatial Crete (c. 3,000-2,000 BCE) Prehistoric
• Moche capital of Sipán during c. 200 CE Ancient
• Mogadishu during the 13th-14th centuries Medieval
• Mogontiacum during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Mohenjo-daro during c. 2500 BCE Ancient
• Mombasa during the Swahili city-state period Medieval
• Monte Alban during c. 200 BCE-200 CE Ancient
• Monte Verde (c. 12,500 BCE) Prehistoric
• Montreal during the 1970s Modern
• Montreal during the 19th century Industrial
• Moscow during the 17th century Early Modern
• Moscow during the 1930s Modern
• Moscow during the 1980s Modern
• Mosul during the 12th century Medieval
• Moundville during the 13th century Medieval
• Mumbai during the 1980s Modern
• Mumbai during the late 19th century Industrial
• Muscat during the 17th century Early Modern
• Muziris during the 1st century CE Ancient
• Mycenae during c. 1300 BCE Ancient
• Māori coastal settlements during c. 1300–1450 CE Medieval
• Māori pā during the 17th century Early Modern

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N

• Nabta Playa (c. 5,000-4,000 BCE) Prehistoric
• Nabta Playa during the Neolithic Prehistoric
• Nagasaki during the Edo period Early Modern
• Nagasaki shipyards during the Meiji period Industrial
• Nagoya during the Meiji period Industrial
• Nairobi during the 1950s Modern
• Nairobi during the 1960s Modern
• Nairobi during the 1980s Modern
• Nairobi during the late 20th century Modern
• Nan Madol during c. 1200–1500 CE Medieval
• Nanjing during the Ming dynasty Early Modern
• Nantes during the 18th century Early Modern
• Napata during c. 700 BCE Ancient
• Naples during the 18th century Early Modern
• Naples during the 1950s Modern
• Napoca during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Nara during the 8th century Medieval
• Narbo Martius during the 1st-2nd centuries CE Classical
• Natufian Levant (c. 12,500 BCE) Prehistoric
• Naukratis during the Hellenistic and Roman periods Classical
• Nebelivka during the Trypillia period Prehistoric
• Nemausus during the 1st-2nd centuries CE Classical
• Neolithic Anatolia (c. 7,500 BCE) Prehistoric
• Neolithic Mainland Southeast Asia Prehistoric
• Neolithic Taiwan (c. 3,000-2,000 BCE) Prehistoric
• Neolithic Yangtze River China (c. 5,000-3,000 BCE) Prehistoric
• Neolithic Yellow River China (c. 4,000 BCE) Prehistoric
• New Amsterdam during the 1650s Early Modern
• New Caledonia during the Lapita period, c. 800 BCE Ancient
• New Guinea highlands during c. 1000–1400 CE Medieval
• New Guinea highlands during c. 2000–500 BCE Ancient
• New Guinea Highlands early agriculture (c. 7,000-3,000 BCE) Prehistoric
• New York City during the 1970s Modern
• New York City during the Gilded Age Industrial
• Newark during the late 19th century Industrial
• Newcastle upon Tyne during the late 19th century Industrial
• Newcastle, New South Wales during the early 20th century Industrial
• Nicomedia during the 3rd-4th centuries CE Classical
• Nile Valley during the Qadan period Prehistoric
• Nineveh during the 7th century BCE Ancient
• Nippur during c. 1800 BCE Ancient
• Nisa during c. 100 BCE Ancient
• Nishapur during the 10th-11th centuries Medieval
• Nizhny Tagil during the late 19th century Industrial
• Nok culture during c. 500 BCE-200 CE Ancient
• Norte Chico and Caral-Supe (c. 3,000-1,800 BCE) Prehistoric
• North Africa during the Iberomaurusian period Prehistoric
• north-central Europe during the Ahrensburgian period Prehistoric
• north-central Europe during the Funnelbeaker period Prehistoric
• northeastern European forest communities during the Comb Ceramic period Prehistoric
• northern Mesopotamia during the Halaf period Prehistoric
• Novgorod during the 12th century Medieval
• Numidian Cirta during c. 150 BCE Ancient
• Nuremberg during the 15th century Medieval
• Nuremberg during the 16th century Early Modern

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O

• Oc Eo during the 1st-3rd centuries CE Ancient
• Oescus during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Ohalo II camp during the Last Glacial Maximum Prehistoric
• Olbia on the Black Sea during c. 500 BCE Ancient
• Olbia Pontica during the 1st-2nd centuries CE Classical
• Oldham during the late 19th century Industrial
• Osaka during the 1960s Modern
• Osaka during the 1980s Modern
• Osaka during the Edo period Early Modern
• Osaka during the Meiji period Industrial
• Oslo during the 1960s Modern
• Ostia during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Ostrava during the late 19th century Industrial
• Oxford during the 13th century Medieval
• Oxyrhynchus during the 2nd-3rd centuries CE Classical

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P

• Pacific Northwest Coast (c. 3,000-1,000 BCE) Prehistoric
• Palau during c. 1–500 CE Classical
• Palau during the 18th century Early Modern
• Palauan villages during c. 1000–1400 CE Medieval
• Paleoindian North America (c. 10,500 BCE) Prehistoric
• Palermo during Norman Sicily Medieval
• Palmyra during the 2nd-3rd centuries CE Ancient
• Panticapaeum during the 1st-2nd centuries CE Classical
• Paphos during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Paris during the 1200s Medieval
• Paris during the 17th century Early Modern
• Paris during the 1960s Modern
• Pasargadae during the Achaemenid period Ancient
• Pataliputra during the Mauryan period Classical
• Patara during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Paterson during the late 19th century Industrial
• Pergamon during the Hellenistic and Roman periods Classical
• Pergamon during the Hellenistic period Ancient
• Persepolis during the Achaemenid period Classical
• Perth during the 1960s Modern
• Petra during the 1st century CE Ancient
• Philadelphia during the Gilded Age Industrial
• Philadelphia during the late 18th century Early Modern
• Philippi during the 1st-2nd centuries CE Classical
• Pi-Ramesses during the 13th century BCE Ancient
• Pilbara during c. 1–500 CE Classical
• Pinnacle Point during the Middle Stone Age Prehistoric
• Pittsburgh during the late 19th century Industrial
• Pompeii before 79 CE Classical
• Pompeii before the eruption Ancient
• Pondicherry during the 18th century Early Modern
• Porolissum during the 2nd–3rd centuries CE Classical
• Port Royal, Jamaica during the late 17th century Early Modern
• Potosi during the 17th century Early Modern
• Poverty Point (c. 1,700-1,100 BCE) Prehistoric
• Poznań during the 14th century Medieval
• Poznań during the 16th century Early Modern
• Prague during the 14th century Medieval
• Prague during the 16th century Early Modern
• Prague during the 1960s Modern
• Prague during the 1980s Modern
• Prehistoric Amazonia (c. 3,000-1,000 BCE) Prehistoric
• Prehistoric Sahel pastoralists (c. 4,000-2,000 BCE) Prehistoric
• Preston during the late 19th century Industrial
• Priene during the Hellenistic period Classical
• Providence during the late 19th century Industrial
• Pskov during the 14th century Medieval
• Punic Carthage during c. 300 BCE Ancient
• Punic Carthage, c. 300-146 BCE Classical
• Puteoli during the 1st century CE Classical
• Pylos during c. 1200 BCE Ancient

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Q

• Qataban Timna during c. 300 BCE Ancient
• Qayrawan during the Aghlabid period Medieval
• Quanzhou during the Song-Yuan transition Medieval
• Quebec City during the 18th century Early Modern
• Quebec countryside during the 17th century Early Modern
• Quito during the 17th century Early Modern

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R

• Rapa Nui during c. 1200–1400 CE Medieval
• Rapa Nui during the 17th century Early Modern
• Ravenna during the 5th-6th centuries CE Classical
• Recife during the 17th century Early Modern
• Reef Islands during the Lapita period, c. 1000 BCE Ancient
• Regensburg during the 13th century Medieval
• Reykjavik during the 1970s Modern
• Reykjavik during the 19th century Industrial
• Rhodes during the Hellenistic period Classical
• Riga during the Hanseatic period Medieval
• Rio de Janeiro during the 18th century Early Modern
• Rio de Janeiro during the 1950s Modern
• Riyadh during the 1970s Modern
• Rjukan during the early 20th century Industrial
• Rock shelters and everyday life in the Pilbara during c. 500–1500 CE Medieval
• Rome during the 1960s Modern
• Rome during the late Republic (2nd-1st century BCE) Classical
• Rosario during the early 20th century Industrial
• Rotterdam during the late 19th century Industrial
• Roubaix during the late 19th century Industrial
• Rouen during the 12th-13th centuries Medieval
• rural New England during the 18th century Early Modern

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S

• Sa Huynh coastal communities during c. 200 BCE Classical
• Sabratha during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Sagalassos during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Saigon during the 1960s Modern
• Saint-Domingue during the 18th century Early Modern
• Saint-Etienne during the late 19th century Industrial
• Salem during the late 17th century Early Modern
• Salerno during the 11th century Medieval
• Salona during the 2nd-3rd centuries CE Classical
• Salvador da Bahia during the 17th century Early Modern
• Samarkand during the Timurid period Early Modern
• Samarkand during the Timurid period Medieval
• Samoa during c. 500 BCE–500 CE Ancient
• Samoa during the 18th century Early Modern
• Samoan villages during c. 1000–1400 CE Medieval
• Sanchi during c. 100 BCE-100 CE Ancient
• Santiago during the 1970s Modern
• Sanxingdui during c. 1200 BCE Ancient
• Sao Paulo during the early 20th century Industrial
• Sapporo during the early 20th century Industrial
• Sardis during c. 600 BCE Ancient
• Sarmizegetusa Regia before the Roman conquest Ancient
• Sarmizegetusa Ulpia Traiana during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Savannah during the 18th century Early Modern
• Savaria during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Scarbantia during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Scranton during the late 19th century Industrial
• Scythopolis during the 2nd-3rd centuries CE Classical
• Seleucia-on-the-Tigris during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Seoul during the 1960s Modern
• Seoul during the 1980s Modern
• Seoul during the Joseon dynasty Early Modern
• Seoul during the late 20th century Modern
• Sepphoris during the 2nd-3rd centuries CE Classical
• Sesklo during Neolithic Thessaly Prehistoric
• settlement at Glauberg during the early Iron Age Ancient
• Seville during the 16th century Early Modern
• Seville during the Almohad period Medieval
• Shanghai during the 1930s Modern
• Shanghai during the 1970s Modern
• Shanghai during the 1980s Modern
• Shanghai during the early 20th century Industrial
• Shanidar Cave during the Middle Paleolithic Prehistoric
• Sheffield during the late 19th century Industrial
• Shell middens and coastal food gathering around Moreton Bay during c. 500–1500 CE Medieval
• Sibudu rock shelter during the Middle Stone Age Prehistoric
• Side during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Sidon during c. 600 BCE Ancient
• Siena during the 14th century Medieval
• Sijilmasa during the 13th-14th centuries Medieval
• Singapore during the 1950s Modern
• Singapore during the 1980s Modern
• Sirmium during the 3rd-4th centuries CE Classical
• Skara Brae during the Neolithic Prehistoric
• Smyrna during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Solutrean western Europe during the late Ice Age Prehistoric
• South Indian Neolithic ashmounds (c. 3,000-1,200 BCE) Prehistoric
• southwestern Australia during c. 1–500 CE Classical
• Sparta during the 4th century BCE Classical
• Sredny Stog steppe during the Eneolithic period Prehistoric
• Sri Ksetra during the 5th-6th centuries CE Classical
• St. Louis during the late 19th century Industrial
• St. Petersburg during the 18th century Early Modern
• St. Petersburg during the late 19th century Industrial
• Star Carr (c. 9,300-8,500 BCE) Prehistoric
• Stockholm during the 17th century Early Modern
• Stockholm during the 1970s Modern
• Stoke-on-Trent during the late 19th century Industrial
• Stonehenge builders (c. 3,000-2,500 BCE) Prehistoric
• Sukhothai during the 14th century Medieval
• Surabaya during the early 20th century Industrial
• Surat during the 17th century Early Modern
• Surat during the 18th century Early Modern
• Susa during the Achaemenid period Ancient
• Swansea during the late 19th century Industrial
• Swifterbant wetlands during the Neolithic Prehistoric
• Sydney during the 1880s Industrial
• Sydney during the late 20th century Modern
• Sydney Harbour during c. 1000 BCE–500 CE Ancient
• Sydney Harbour during the 18th century before 1788 Early Modern
• Sydney suburbs during the 1950s Modern
• Syracuse during c. 400 BCE Ancient
• São Paulo during the late 20th century Modern

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T

• Tabon Caves area of Palawan during the 1st-5th centuries CE Classical
• Taforalt during the Later Stone Age Prehistoric
• Tahiti during the 18th century Early Modern
• Taipei during the 1960s Modern
• Taipei during the 1980s Modern
• Talianki in Ukraine during the Trypillia period Prehistoric
• Tallinn during the Hanseatic period Medieval
• Tampere during the late 19th century Industrial
• Tanais during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Tarraco during the 1st-2nd centuries CE Classical
• Tarsus during the 1st-2nd centuries CE Classical
• Taxila during c. 300 BCE-100 CE Ancient
• Tbilisi during the 12th century Medieval
• Tehran during the 1970s Modern
• Tehran during the 1990s Modern
• Tel Aviv during the 1960s Modern
• Tell Brak during c. 3500 BCE Ancient
• Tenochtitlan before the Spanish conquest Early Modern
• Tenochtitlan during the early 1500s Medieval
• Teotihuacan during the 5th century CE Ancient
• Thebes during the New Kingdom Ancient
• Thessalonica during the 2nd-4th centuries CE Classical
• Thessaloniki during the 11th century Medieval
• Thonis-Heracleion during the Late Period Ancient
• Thysdrus during the 2nd-3rd centuries CE Classical
• Tianjin during the early 20th century Industrial
• Tikal during the Classic Maya period Ancient
• Timbuktu during the 1400s Medieval
• Timbuktu during the 16th century Early Modern
• Timgad during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Tokyo during the 1960s Modern
• Tokyo during the Meiji period Industrial
• Toledo during the 12th-13th centuries Medieval
• Toledo during the 15th century Medieval
• Tonga during c. 500 BCE–500 CE Ancient
• Tonga during the 17th century Early Modern
• Tongan communities during c. 1000–1400 CE Medieval
• Toronto during the late 19th century Industrial
• Toronto during the late 20th century Modern
• Torres Strait Islands during c. 1000–1400 CE Medieval
• Torres Strait Islands during c. 1–500 CE Classical
• Torres Strait Islands during the 17th century Early Modern
• Toruń during the 14th century Medieval
• Tra Kieu during the 3rd-5th centuries CE Classical
• Trebizond during the 13th-14th centuries Medieval
• Trenton during the late 19th century Industrial
• Trier during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Trier during the 3rd-4th centuries CE Classical
• Trowulan during the Majapahit period Medieval
• Troy during the Late Bronze Age (c. 1700-1180 BCE) Ancient
• Tunis during the 18th century Early Modern
• Tunis during the 1960s Modern
• Turin during the early 20th century Industrial
• Tushpa, Urartu during c. 750 BCE Ancient
• Tyre during c. 700 BCE Ancient

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U

• Ubaid village communities during the Ubaid period Prehistoric
• Ugarit during c. 1300 BCE Ancient
• Ujjain during the Gupta period Classical
• Upper Paleolithic Europe (c. 20,000 BCE) Prehistoric
• upper Yellow River during the Majiayao period Prehistoric
• Ur, Mesopotamia during c. 2000 BCE (Ur III to early Old Babylonian period) Ancient
• Uruk during c. 3000 BCE Ancient
• Ústí nad Labem during the late 19th century Industrial

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V

• Valdivia coastal villages during the Early Formative period Prehistoric
• Valparaiso during the late 19th century Industrial
• Vancouver during the 1980s Modern
• Vani during the Colchian period Ancient
• Vanuatu during the Lapita period, c. 1000 BCE Ancient
• Varna culture communities (c. 4,600-4,200 BCE) Prehistoric
• Veliko Tarnovo during the 13th century Medieval
• Venice during the 1300s Medieval
• Venice during the 16th century Early Modern
• Venice during the 18th century Early Modern
• Verulamium during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Vienna during c. 1900 Industrial
• Vienna during the 14th century Medieval
• Vienna during the 18th century Early Modern
• Vienna during the 1950s Modern
• Vienna during the 1970s Modern
• Vijayanagara during the 15th century Medieval
• Viking Age Scandinavia during the 900s Medieval
• Vilnius during the 17th century Early Modern
• Vindobona during the 2nd-3rd centuries CE Classical
• Vindolanda during the 1st-2nd centuries CE Classical
• Vinča culture Balkan villages (c. 5,700-4,500 BCE) Prehistoric
• Virunum during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Visby during the Hanseatic period Medieval
• Volubilis during the 2nd century CE Classical

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W

• Wadi Kubbaniya during the Late Palaeolithic Prehistoric
• Warsaw during the 17th century Early Modern
• Warsaw during the 1930s Modern
• Warsaw during the 1950s Modern
• Warsaw during the 1980s Modern
• Waterways, fishing and everyday life at Budj Bim during c. 500–1500 CE Medieval
• Wellington during the early 20th century Industrial
• Western Han China (202 BCE-9 CE) Classical
• Williamsburg during the 18th century Early Modern
• Winchester during the 10th century Medieval
• Windover pond community during the Archaic period Prehistoric
• Wrocław (Breslau) during the 17th century Early Modern
• Wrocław during the 14th century Medieval
• Wuppertal during the late 19th century Industrial

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X

• Xanthos during the Roman period Classical
• Xi'an during the Ming dynasty Early Modern
• Xiongnu confederation during c. 200 BCE Ancient

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Y

• Yamato during the Kofun period Classical
• Yamnaya steppe pastoralists (c. 3,300-2,600 BCE) Prehistoric
• Yap during c. 1000–1400 CE Medieval
• Yap during c. 1–500 CE Classical
• Yap during the 18th century Early Modern
• Yawata during the early 20th century Industrial
• Yayoi Japan during c. 100 BCE Ancient
• Yokohama during the Meiji period Industrial
• York during the 10th-11th centuries Medieval
• Youngstown during the early 20th century Industrial

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Z

• Zanzibar during the 18th century Early Modern
• Zanzibar during the 19th century Industrial
• Zeugma during the 2nd century CE Classical
• Zhou China during the Spring and Autumn period Classical
• Závist in Bohemia during the late Iron Age Ancient

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