The World's Biggest Cities Over Time Since 4000 BC

By Sam Ro

The folks at Goldman Sachs just published a massive special report with their analysts' 100 favorite charts.

Here's an interesting chart going way back to 4000 BC showing the population of the biggest cities in the western and eastern worlds. It comes from Ian Morris' book "Why The West Rules — For Now."

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/worlds-biggest-cities-since-4000-bc-2013-12#ixzz2nShdOiTO