2. Chapter 9 Part 1

3.  Urban : The buildup of the city and surrounding suburbs  Urbanization : Movement of people from rural to urban areas

7.  Agricultural villages  10,000 years ago  The first urban revolution:  Agricultural surplus  Social stratification (leadership class)

9.  Mesopotamia, 3500 BCE  Nile River Valley, 3200 BCE  Indus River Valley, 2200 BCE  Huang He and Wei River Valleys, 1500 BCE  Mesoamerica, 200 BCE

10.  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

11.  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

12. Roman Empire

13.  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

14.  Movement to cities 1. Second agricultural revolution 2.Industrialization