MODULE 5 Flashcards
Nature of Cities
Hunting and Gathering
Nomadic
Food Shortage
Settlement in One Place
Grew own agricultural produce
Domesticate Animals
Food Surplus
The First City which lies to the north of the Dead Sea in what is now the West Bank
Jericho
It has connected cities along its main arterial routes, forming global markets and connected cities
The Silk Road
Great cultures were created along these roads, variation of older cultures emerged.
The Silk Road
Cities form and inform networks across regions and civilizations.
The Silk Road
Center of production and commerce shifted to Europe.
First Industrial Revolution
It was about coal, water and steam, bringing with it the steam engine and innovations that enabled the large scale manufacturing of goods and products, such as textiles.
First Industrial Revolution
Impact on civilization:
▪ No longer centered around
villages, farming and the local
crafting of goods,
First Industrial Revolution
▪ people flocked to cities to work
in factories under low wages and
in terrible conditions.
First Industrial Revolution
▪ Life in industrial cities also gave
birth to the modern individual
(human rights, civil right,
workers rights, beliefs, etc.)
First Industrial Revolution
Beginning of the 20th century, cites were centers of manufacturing and commerce.
Contemporary Cities
In the Contempary Cities, they were ________ from burning fossil fuels, lack of sewage and sanitation and homelessness.
filthy
With the invention of electricity and enabled mass production
Second Industrial Revolution
From this phase emerged the internal combustion engine, and thus the automobile.
Second Industrial Revolution
The period was marked with an increased use of steel and eventually petroleum, and the harnessing of electric current.
Second Industrial Revolution
It allowed much of the progress of the first industrial revolution to move beyond cities and achieve scale across countries and continents.
Second Industrial Revolution
It was all about computers.
Third Industrial Revolution
Computers and digital systems enabled new ways of processing and sharing information
Third Industrial Revolution
Transistors, microprocessors, robotics and automation – not to mention the internet and mass communications – would eventually allow for the ultimate in scale: globalization.
Third Industrial Revolution
Particular type of city that emerged with globalization
Global Cities (world city, 1960’s -1980’s)
Cities are centers of innovation and businesses
Global Cities (world city, 1960’s -1980’s)
large population of employed people and act as the centers of communication of global news.
Global Cities (world city, 1960’s -1980’s)
