Cities and Settlements
摘要
UrbanizationUrbanization has become an increasingly important phenomenon ever since the first towns and cities were founded in the Middle East. Subsequently cities were developed by the Harappans, the Egyptians, the Greeks, the Romans, the CarthaginiansCarthaginians, the Sardinians, southern Africans (e.g. atGreat Zimbabwe, ZimbabweGreatZimbabwe Zimbabwe), the Chinese and East Asians, the great empires of Central and South America, such as those of the AztecsAztecs, MayansMayans, IncasIncasand OlmecsOlmecs, and the palaeo-IndiansPalaeo-Indians of North America.