GEOG 1200 Lecture 8: GEOG-1200 - Lecture 8 - Early Cities
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Urban advancements: rome: roads and bridges, mileage signs, most focused on distance to/from rome, drainage system, all roads lead to rome , water delivery, the aqueduct i. Appia aqueduct (312 bc: lead pipes, by 230 ad, there were 12-14 aqueducts providing a surplus of 2 billion gallons of fresh water i. As far away as 60 miles: modern sewage system, eliminating waste = eliminating disease, making the city healthier, the spa, bath, england; one of the most famous spas i. It included: changing rooms, a sauna, cool-water pools, day spa treatments, castras, fortified cities along trade routes. Established along highways that the romans established i. ii. iii: mostly run by military men, who had no families (no other obligations, the castle i. A fortified fort in the medieval era: timgad, algeria i. ii. Contained one of the most famous castras: castras i. Contents: walls, four gates, a barracks, a place of trade. Castras as well as many roman cities.
