lecture 2 Flashcards
what are the three most important features of a city?
large human population, density of population, service
how did cities grow?
*High morality, urban growth promoted by three different factors:
*movement countryside to city
*agrarion development
*growth of long distance trade
what three types of migration are there?
*forced and voluntary
*temporary and permanant
*rural-urban and inter-urban
what are pre-modern town caratarized by? (the graveyard effect)
- Death rates exceeded birth rates:
* High infant mortality
* Epidemics (plague, smallpox) - Urban centers could only survive through permanent influx of migration
- Increase of urban population required twice as many people moving to the city
what two problems are there with counting early urban population?
*no solid information about size
*number related to hectars of domistic space
why did people migrate to mesopotamia?
(4 things)
*rural insecurity
*urban residents expresses membership of early citystate *communities
*forced migration
acient greece (4th 5th century bc)?
(4 things)
*city state
*60% of the people lived in cities
*farming population
*athenes: 40 000 inhabitants (slaves and ex slaves)
how many inhabitants did athenes had 4th 5th century bc?
40 000 (including ex slaves and slaves)
roman italy (4th 1th century bc)?
(3 things)
*latin colonies: walled urban centers with various functions
*state sponsored migration and voluntary migration
*urbanization level up to 20 to 32%, farming population did not live in the city
how many inhabitants did imperial rome had 4th 1th century bc?
1 milion
china 2600-2000 bc onwards large cities
*city states
*capital cities with walls and fortifacation
*Zhenzhou: (no reliable information) 100 000 inhabitants
*forced migration of families
south asia 3000 bc
(2 thing)
*large urban settlements across india
*little information about numbers of cities and size of population
name two reasons why cities emerge in south asia?
*rural urban migration
*state formation or demographic growth
what was the average level of migration in europe between 1500-1800?
13%
how many percent of urban habitants are migrants in europe between 1500-1800? and who are they?
30%, young people, single adults, temporary stay:sojouners