Intro; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Maps; 1 Introduction; References; 2 From the Beginnings of Agriculture and Urbanization to the First Urbexplosions; Abstract; The Origins and Beginning of Humankind; The Beginnings of Agriculture; Agriculture and Topodynamic Corridors; Agriculture, Mobility, and Urbanization; Emergence of Urbanization in the Great Corridor; Appearance of Pre-urban Cities; Appearance of Urban Cities in the Sumer Region; Appearance of Urbanization in Egypt; The Strategic Role of the Phoenician Cities; The Strategic Role of the Persian Gulf

The Babylonian UrbexplosionThe Assyrians and the Tigris Axis; The Expansion of the Babylonian Urbexplosion; The Greek Challenge; Urbanization in the Asian Corridor; The Indus Valley; The Appearance of Urbanization on the Loess Plateau of China; The Mongolo-American Corridor and the Three Pivots of Eurasian History; The Semitic Bible and the Indo-European Vedas; The Emergence of Urbanization in America; Agriculture and Pre-Columbian Pottery; Urbanization in the Northern Pre-Columbian Corridor; Urbanization in the Southern Pre-Columbian Corridor; References

3 Understanding the First Urban RevolutionAbstract; The First Urban Revolution and Networks' Critical Points; The First Urban Revolution and Breaking Points; The "Interface" Case; The "Transshipment" Case; The First Urban Revolution and Central Places; The First Urban Revolution and Network Systems; The First Urban Revolution and Agglomeration Economies; References; 4 The Two First Economy-Worlds: The Roman and Chinese Empires; Abstract; The Emergence of the Roman Economy-World; The Rise of Rome; The Forming of the Roman Empire; The Consolidation of the Roman Empire

The Triumph of Christianity and the Decline of the Western Roman EmpireThe Fall of the Western Roman Empire; The Emergence of the Chinese Economy-World; From the Loess Plateau to the Great Plain of China; The Cities of the Great Plain of China; The Cities of the Red Basin; The Greatness of the Chinese Economy-World; References; 5 Understanding the Urban Evolution Dynamics; Abstract; Topodynamic Evolution and Spatial Competition; Topodynamic Evolution and Management of Municipal Services; Topodynamic Evolution and Multiplier Effects; Topodynamic Evolution and Repulsive Forces

Repulsive Forces and the Aging of Urban StructuresRepulsive Forces and Polarization; Repulsive Forces and Geography; References; 6 The Great Ebb: Islam Out to Conquer the Great and the Asian Corridors; Abstract; From the Fall of Rome to the Advent of Islam; The Rise of Islam; The Baghdad Urbexplosion; The Moorish Outpost; South of the Sahara; The Eastern Outposts; Islam Re-launched by the Turko-Mongol Invasions; The Non-military Progression of Islam in the Asian Corridor; The Great Ebb in Southeast Asia and the Far East; References; 7 Understanding Topodynamic Inertia; Abstract