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WHEN AND WHY DID PEOPLE START LIVING IN

CITIES?Chapter 9

Part 1

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When and Why Did People Start Living in Cities?

Urban: The buildup of the city and surrounding suburbs

Urbanization: Movement of people from rural to urban areas

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Urban Population

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Origins of Urbanization

Agricultural villages 10,000 years ago

The first urban revolution: Agricultural surplus Social stratification (leadership class)

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Hearths of Urbanization

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Hearths of Urbanization

Mesopotamia, 3500 BCE Nile River Valley, 3200 BCE Indus River Valley, 2200 BCE Huang He and Wei River Valleys, 1500

BCE Mesoamerica, 200 BCE

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Diffusion of Urbanization Greek cities (by 500 BCE)

Greeks highly urbanized – 500 cities and towns on the mainland and on

islands– Acropolis (buildings on a height of land) and an

agora (open public space) in each city

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Rome

Roman cities– A system of cities and small towns, linked

together by hundreds of miles of roads and sea routes

– Forum: acropolis and agora combined– Extreme wealth and extreme poverty

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Roman Empire

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Urban Growth after Greece and Rome

Europe Middle Ages (500–1300) Little urban growth, even decline

Asia (1000-1200_ Centers along the Silk Road Urban growth in Korea, Japan

West Africa The Americas

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The Second Urban Revolution (Late 1800s)

Movement to cities1. Second agricultural revolution2. Industrialization