History of the tallest buildings in the world
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Through history, the title of "world`s tallest building" has been borne by various buildings. Since the invention of the skyscraper, New York City was home to the world`s tallest building for roughly 87 years (inside the period of 1870-1974, over nearly a dozen successive buildings). Chicago accumulated 30 years. This distinction was held exclusively within the United States for nearly 130 years (1870-1998) before returning to the eastern hemisphere. Preceding the current era of commercial skyscrapers, there was an era where the tallest buildings were Christian churches/cathedrals (1200s-1870), dominated by England and Germanic territories. And the era preceding this was the thousands of years...
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