GEOG 152 Lecture 2: GEOG 152 Cities of Europe: Lec #2 part 1
Document Summary
From the (ancient) greeks to the middle ages. Political map of europe has always been changing. This map does not necessarily matter; these countries have only recently been invented. Ex: italy has only been a country since 1869-71 period. Urbanization of europe: periods of urban initiation and adaptation; lots of new cities were established, greeks 900 bc. Roman empire 800 bc (400 bc expansion) Industrial 1750-1920 ce (it was an adaptation to the changing environments) Industry was associated with well-established cities; nw europe, n. france, nw. Germany, britain, s. belgium: feudal 500-1100 ce (feudal: when cities are under tremendous stress) Rome strank enormously of this time; this was the the re-ruralization of europe. N. c. italy; mercantilism; they used protectionism before restricting trade from foreign competition, tariffs, limits on imports, accumulate reserves of gold/silver, currencies based on value of gold. Contemporary 1920-present ce: periods and their problems.
