In the study of the ancient world a City is generally defined as a large populated urban center of commerce and administration with a system of laws and, usually, regulated means of sanitation. This is only one definition, however, and the designation `City' can be based on such factors as the:
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Timeline
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6500 BCEJericho is the first major walled city, with a population of about 2,500.
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4500 BCEFirst walled cities. Uruk in Mesopotamia first city.
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4100 BCE - 2900 BCEUruk Period in Mesopotamia. First cities.
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c. 4000 BCEFirst settlement of Ur.
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3400 BCEPriests become the rulers of Mesopotamian cities.
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c. 3000 BCEFirst Bronze Age settlement in Jerusalem.
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c. 3000 BCE - c. 2900 BCEMari, the earliest known planned city, is built near the eastern bank of the Euphrates.
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1750 BCE - 1300 BCETroy VI - probable Troy of Homer's Iliad. City at its zenith.
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753 BCEThe legendary founding date of Rome.
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c. 1100 CEThe Inca, led by Manco Capac, migrate to the Cuzco Valley and establish their capital at Cuzco.
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1345 CETraditional date for the founding of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan on Lake Texcoco.
