I wish I had the answer to this question.
Surmise any guesses?
I would say probably Times Square.
I wish I had the answer to this question.
Surmise any guesses?
I would say probably Times Square.
Are you talking about where humans have actually walked, or where our carbon footprint has been the greatest?
Times Square has only been active in high densities for the last 150 years or so. Some parts of London or Paris, while getting fewer people now, have 800-1200 years of history. Rome or Athens, 3000. Some Chinese and Egyptian cities have to be looking at 4000 or more.
Are you looking for the spot where the most different human beings have trodden, or where the most feet, irrespective of whose, have set foot?
Two specific sites I can think of
St Peters Square
Masjid al-Haram
Some cities like Damascus, Athens, Delhi and Beijing have been inhabited for more than a millenia
I would guess somewhere in the Vatican or Rome.
Your mom's bedroom
lol
Mecca?
Eric Idle wrote:
Are you looking for the spot where the most different human beings have trodden, or where the most feet, irrespective of whose, have set foot?
The spot where the most different human beings have trodden.
old coach man wrote:
Masjid al-Haram
Seconded
The Middle East areas around Mesopotamia, Palestine, and Egypt have been trampled upon by 1,000 armies since the 1st Civilization peoples arrived from Kenya 20,000 years ago.
if this is the meter stick, I would probably guess Times Square. Not because it is of any historical importance, but because it is probably the biggest tourist attraction in the world that only encompasses a very small area and has been active during the time when there have been more people on the earth than in all of history before that, if the soundbites we hear are correct.
I would guess that approximately 500 million DIFFERENT people have stood in Times Square in the last 50 years alone.
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If we're talking about a spot that has had the most human feet touch it, I would guess some central block of a high density old city where walking is a major mode of transportation. Guesses would include somewhere in Manhattan, Tokyo, Mumbai, etc. For a particular single point, I would guess under a turnstile in one of the busiest stops on the subway of one of these cities.
"the 1st Civilization peoples arrived from Kenya 20,000 years ago."
Wrong. The Earth is only 6,000 years old (give or take a few).
I would say China, maybe the Guangzhou city, according to 2010 census 41 million in population right now, probably has had many armies over the centuries travel through. My other guess would be Egypt/Greece just because of length of being around, armies walking through. My last guess would be Middle East region as it is the oldest area known, that was the gateway from East to West for hudnreds of years, armies transversed this area for thousands of years.
I think "spot on earth" needs to be more exactly defined. Is OP using "set foot" literally or figuratively?
The answer could be beneath a turnstile in a Tokyo subway.
random a hole wrote:
The answer could be beneath a turnstile in a Tokyo subway.
That'd be kind of sweet actually.
Rome has had close to a million people for maybe 600 years (including the present day period) - that is hard to beat, esp because the ancients' life expectancy was so short - new little Romans padding around all the time. Plus it was the center of empire and now millions of tourists visit every year...
http://davidgalbraith.org/trivia/graph-of-the-population-of-rome-through-history/2189/
The big Asian cities will need molte anni to catch up.
566565 wrote:
Are you talking about where humans have actually walked, or where our carbon footprint has been the greatest?
"set foot"
I think there are some Chinese cities, like Nanjing, Xi'an or Chengdu which not only dwarf Rome for size nowadays but are also much, much older than it. For instance, Xi'an has a population of about 9 million now and its history goes way back to before 1000BC
agip wrote:
Rome has had close to a million people for maybe 600 years (including the present day period) - that is hard to beat, esp because the ancients' life expectancy was so short - new little Romans padding around all the time. Plus it was the center of empire and now millions of tourists visit every year...
http://davidgalbraith.org/trivia/graph-of-the-population-of-rome-through-history/2189/The big Asian cities will need molte anni to catch up.
Passport control at Heathrow airport?