GEOG 2UI3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Craft Production, Water Pollution, Feudalism
30 Aug 2016
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Geog 2ui3 lecture 4 urban origins. Agricultural surplus production of food, people have time engage in other practices. Population pressures increase of population b/c of agricultural surplus. Trade economic activity lends itself to the creation of markets b/c of regional opportunities. Part of a network engaged in local and long-distance trade. Typically built on a raised mound or tell. But a city had several built-up parts, a walled inner city, suburbs, a harbor district, as well as fields and orchards adjoining these areas . Social hierarchy organized around sovereign and religious elite. Tenemos at centre symbolized power of ruling elite. Craft production mixed in with the residential areas. London (lundinium) 45,000 in 200ad vs. 18,000 in 1200ad. Size a few hundred to 50,000 relatively small. Planned vs. organic growth some had a planned city laid out on a grid system, many were left over in roman empire. Common features (walls, gates, public spaces, marketplaces)
