Nagasaki is a Japanese city, and the largest city in the Nagasaki prefecture. It was a port city that was an important place for international trading in the sixteenth through the nineteenth century. During the war, Nagasaki was a powerful city that held the main Imperial Japanese Navy Base. It had military power, and during the Second World War, became the second ever place attacked with nuclear weaponry after the Japanese allegedly “ignored” the warning given to them by the United States that called for “complete and utter destruction”.

Geneva is a city in the country of Switzerland that is considered on par in terms of influence with other ‘global cities’ such as London, England. In 1815, Mary Shelly made an expedition throughout much of the European continent, and one of the major destination spots that she visited was Geneva, which can be seen in her later novel Frankenstein, where she makes much of the novel place. Geneva is interesting not only because of this but also because of its general reputation for being an extremely peaceful place.

The Kingdom of Benin is a still-active monarchy state in Africa and is where Olaudah Equiano claimed to be born in his slave narrative The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano. While this claim has been contested, the Kingdom itself was an important entity during the period that the triangle trade was beginning, which was the period in time which it experienced the most development and gains economically. Since then, it has fallen off in general relevancy.