Towns Of Westeros: Why Are There So Many? House Of The Dragon / ASOIAF History, Lore & Analysis

We've talked at length about why there are so few cities in Westeros, this week i want to take a look at why there are so many larger towns and why, in lore they never grew to become cities. From Duskendale to Barrowton, from the rich bounty of the Reach to the harsh sands of Dorne, each of the seven kingdoms has it's own reasons as to why development of these larger towns stagnated. Towns Of Westeros: Why Are There So Many? House Of The Dragon / ASOIAF History, Lore & Analysis 00:00:00 What stopped Towns from Growing 00:01:46 Duskendale 0:07:33 The North and The Winter Town 00:09:45 Barrowton 00:11:29 The Issue with the Reach 00:13:49 Bitterbridge 00:15:30 Tumbleton 00:19:00 The RIverlands is a war zone 00:21:39 Maidenpool 00:25:49 The RIver Kings and City Charters 00:29:00 Dorne 00:30:34 Driftmark 00:31:48 The Iron Islands 00:32:15 The Vale 00:32:28 The Stormlands 00:32:51 GRRM has Purposely left it vague The Script Of This Video uses information from The World Of Ice & Fire (2014), Fire & Blood (2018) and The A Song Of Ice And Fire Main Series. The ASOIAF Wiki has been used to confirm order of events and clarify discrepancies between sources. George R.R. Martin's blog posts have also been used as a source and like the wiki i to do consider this information canon. Any similarity of this video to the structure of these sources is a consequence of the subject matter of the video and limited sources dictating the way in which events played out with no room for interpretation. In some areas it can be very difficult to make the script 100% different as stated in the sources without just making it up which isn't the point of these videos. There are places it's more similar to the sources than i like but with no way to really spin it a different way, given in many case, it's physically the only way to approach the subject. Information strictly from the TV show has not been used in these video unless stated otherwise. The Dance Of The Dragons will be the focus of the plot of the new HBO spin-off House Of The Dragon coming in 2022. So if you want to learn the story before we see HBO's take on it then this will be a very long-running series. Game Of Thrones / House of the dragon are HBO shows based on George R R Martin's A Song Of Ice And Fire series. The information in this video comes from the books a world of ice and fire as well as fire and blood. ----------------------------------------------- SOCIAL MEDIA ------------------------------------------------   / world0fwesteros     / dylan_ellcome     / worldofwesteros   ----------------------------------------------- ART LINKS ----------------------------------------------- The following link is for all the art that I use, if you see an image in this video a link to the source of it will be there, and the name of the artist if it's possible to find. If you see art in any video that has been attributed incorrectly please send me a email so i can fix it, i feel it is vitally important to credit artists, especially with the rise of Ai Art. Unfortunately mistakes do happen as work gets reposted without credit all the time making narrowing down the original source a challenge. https://shorturl.at/nAOU7 ------------------------------------- TAGS ------------------------------------ #gameofthrones #asoiaf #houseofthedragon #hbogameofthrones #asongoficeandfire #got #fireandblood #danceofdragons #windsofwinter