The commercial cities of the Mediterranean world during the Middle Ages

Abstract

: The city is a very old and contemporary reality for the beginning of civilization, and we find the old city has taken many forms, but they are all characterized by simplicity, and the emergence of the first urban revolution was linked to the agricultural revolution, or in other words, the emergence of cities was preceded by a revolution in food production, when social and technical conditions were available that allowed the agricultural sector to It achieves a production that exceeds the needs of the community, as this surplus has become feeding a group of individuals in the community, and this group has settled in the city to carry out work other than agriculture. It is the same and here lies the importance of the topic, and finally, academic research on this topic in general is enriching the global history of the Mediterranean region .