The First Cities
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The first cities appeared in Mesopotamia. As villages spread, and farming became more productive, larger villages started to appear; then towns, then cities. 3,000 years later, we have evidence of rice growing in China. There is also evidence of taro and yams growing in Papua New Guinea around this time period.
What was the impact?The first ancient cities have impacted the human race in many ways, good and bad. Environmentally, technologically, socially, all have had an impact because of these agrarian cities.
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