Waterford was a prosperous center of activity when young Edmund arrived there in 1779.

Hobyo served as a prosperous commercial centre for the Imamate.

In the 19th century, Windsor was a prosperous industrial and administrative center.

Abydos, a city seemingly built on the sea, was once a prosperous cultural centre of Egypt.

Despite a serious fire in 1835, by 1850 the town was prosperous center of trade.

By 19th century Bombay was a prosperous centre for maritime trade and commerce.

During the early 19th century, Duxbury had been a prosperous center of wooden shipbuilding.

He encouraged Scottish immigrants to come to the area and it became a prosperous industrial centre.

Until six years ago, it was a pastel-painted town of 2,500, the prosperous commercial center of a poor agricultural region.

Because of its central location, Ancyra, as the city was called, became a prosperous commercial center.