Module 1 — Introduction to Urbanization: Growth of World Cities
Lesson 3 of 11
The Origin of Cities

A little history lesson in this video to walk you through the evolution of cities starting in the ancient world, and through time to the first millennium, the medieval world, and moving further along to the early modern world and concluding with our current times, and the age of the modern city. 

This walk through history in this section offers the context needed to understand the historical growth of cities. You are now ready to use this historical context to look to the future.