World Famous Cities - World Human Geography

Author: Xu Bin
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Paris in flowers, London in mist—this is the earthly paradise of the Western world. Tokyo's cherry blossoms, Delhi's sacred sites—these are the ancient legends of the Eastern world. Traveling the world is merely leaving your footprints on the numerous hot points on Earth. Cities are the true coordinates of this planet. Exploring great cities is also a cultural journey. Stepping into the plane of a city means entering the three-dimensional space of human history. Imagine the fragments of ancient porcelain still lingering on the millennia-old city walls, and long for the echoes of cavalry charges still reverberating within the uneven parapets. From caves to skyscrapers, cities are a brilliant stroke of human civilization. Thousands of years of accumulated wealth have created the splendor of the world's great cities. Grasping the pulse of a city is to listen to the footsteps of human progress. One day, all people on Earth will live in some corner of a city. Let us print the stories that once happened in those corners on these golden pages, and holding these pages is like holding an Aladdin's lamp that illuminates the world!
Introduction: Paris in flowers, London in mist—this is the earthly paradise of the Western world. Tokyo's cherry blossoms, Delhi's sacred sites—these are the ancient legends of the Eastern world. Traveling the world is merely leaving your footprints on the numerous hot points on Earth. Cities are the true coordinates of this planet. Exploring great cities is also a cultural journey. Stepping into the plane of a city means entering the three-dimensional space of human history. Imagine the fragments of ancient porcelain still lingering on the millennia-old city walls, and long for the echoes of cavalry charges still reverberating within the uneven parapets. From caves to skyscrapers, cities are a brilliant stroke of human civilization. Thousands of years of accumulated wealth have created the splendor of the world's great cities. Grasping the pulse of a city is to listen to the footsteps of human progress. One day, all people on Earth will live in some corner of a city. Let us print the stories that once happened in those corners on these golden pages, and holding these pages is like holding an Aladdin's lamp that illuminates the world!