On the role of towns in the economic development of ancient times?

Traditional cities have the characteristics of a modern urban market economy and prosperity.

Chang'an is the largest city in the world.

During the reign of Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty, the population of Chang'an City was almost 500,000. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Chang'an covered an area of 36 square kilometers and was the largest metropolis in the world. Its planning and layout have had a significant impact on the capitals of some East Asian countries.

During the Tang Dynasty, China's urbanization level reached 10%, but until 1800, the world's urbanization level was only 3%.

Representative city: Chang'an].

Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, became a gathering place for commercial and cultural exchanges between the West and the East in the world, and was the largest international metropolis in the world at that time.

During the Song and Song dynasties, a new atmosphere appeared in China's traditional cities, which initially possessed the characteristics of the prosperity of the modern urban market economy, and the earliest paper money appeared"Jiaozi", while paper money was not used in Europe until after the 17th century.

Representative city: Kaifeng].

Kaifeng fundamentally broke the boundaries between Chang'anfang (residential area) and city (commercial area) in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and broke the boundaries between day and night. At the same time, Western European cities (including London, Paris, and Frankfurt) were only small counties in China.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, there were more than 40 large cities with a population of more than 100,000. The imperial capitals of the two Song dynasties, Bianjing (present-day Kaifeng, Henan) and Lin'an (present-day Hangzhou, Zhejiang), became the fourth and fifth cities in the world with a population of more than one million, following Chang'an, Luoyang, and Nanjing. Fold Han Tang.

China's first city, Changde, Chengtou Mountain, Hunan.

The Chengtou Mountain site is the earliest (earlier than 6,000 years ago), the richest and most typical ancient city ruins discovered in China.

Representative city: Chengtou Mountain].

Experts have unearthed large foundation-style foundational foundations, well-equipped pottery workshops, wide city roads, dense and overlapping clan tombs, and the world's earliest well-preserved rice fields.

Ming and Qing dynasties. The urban and rural market network system has been formed.

At the beginning of the 15th century, there were 33 large commercial and handicraft cities in China, including three Chinese cities with populations of more than 1 million during the Ming and Qing dynasties, namely Beijing, Nanjing and Suzhou, and about 10 regional central cities, each with a population of between 50 and 1 million.

This urban-rural market network system can be divided into three levels: circulation hub cities, medium-sized commercial towns and rural markets. The regional merchant groups are strong, forming large merchant gangs such as Hui merchants and Jin merchants.

Towns are nearby distribution centers for goods, and are commercial, economic and cultural centers, where people can communicate with each other, speed up the circulation of goods, and promote economic development.

On the ancient town occupies an indispensable position in the economic development of ancient times, it is a strategic hub, and it is a place where soldiers must fight.

The rise and development of commercial towns in ancient China mainly relied on the unique geographical environment, convenient supply and purchase channels, a large number of floating population contacts, and real-time capital turnover.

v, the rise and development of the field of commercial cities in ancient Chinese society, only read the history books.

Ancient Chinese society was based on handicrafts, and they mainly exchanged goods, so towns were formed.