MTRO 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Urban Revolution, Bourgeoisie
10 Feb 2017
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Hearth areas the culture starts there and spreads out from there. Greek civilization have city states within that: had some level of democracy here, city states were very focused on trade. Urban empire: half of the known population was claimed to be under this empire. Largest and most advanced city we had seen during this time. Built on military power: would conquer many places, take over more land, and therefore bring more wealth back into rome, then began producing and sending those goods out. Used aqua ducts to bring water in and out of the city. Bourgeoisie the middle economic class, composed of merchants and others economically connected to the value of capital. Capital any asset that can be used in economic production. Capitalism an economic system in which private individuals control the means of production and labor is a commodity. The mechanization of production, started in england in the 1700s.
