GEOG 152 Lecture 1: Geog 152: Cities of Europe - Week 1, Lecture 1
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People tend to think of europe as this This is not the only map of europe! This map is irrelevant for anything other than the last 100 years. Roman empire 800 bc (400 bc expansion) From italy up to brussels, amsterdam, baltic. Northwestern europe, n. france, nw germany, britain, s. belgium (largely urbanized) Rome shrank enormously ruralization of europe. Center of economy drifted to rural countryside. Economic model of protectionism, restricting trade from foreign competition, tariffs, limits on imports, accumulate reserves of gold/silver, currencies based on value of gold. 1750 industrialization is too neat of a number (was it 12:01 am on a monday night?) Quick rise of cities, slow fall (decline & fall of roman empire) Teleology: the explanation of phenomena by the purpose they serve rather than by postulated causes. The idea that history has a purpose . History does not have a trajectory, it is arbitrary. Center of greek urbanism: aegean sea, specifically modern day southern.
