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10 cities which are making history

Which of today’s metropolises will define the 2020s for future historians and travellers?

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Mark Jones
Jun 21, 2022
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A couple of weeks ago, inspired by a podcast about Babylon, I wrote a list of my all-time favourite cities – the only proviso being you’d need a time machine to get to them.

Like a lot of spontaneous ideas, it was fun to write and created a bit of a follow-on debate. 

But as I said then, and had better say again, this is a t…

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