Concept information
Preferred term
capital cities
Definition
- From ancient Athens and Rome to Beijing and Tenochtitlan, the capital city was a national or imperial command center. Face-to-face contacts were essential in consultation and decision making or as sources of history where written texts were nonexistent, as in the realms of the Incas and Aztecs. [Source: Encyclopedia of Urban Studies; Capital City]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/capital_cities
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