Urban settlement – from medieval town to modern city

History20th Century & TodayAges 14–15

A canvas diagram of a representative city, paired with a timeline from 1500 to 2020. As students drag the timeline marker, they see the medieval citadel and marketplace, then the factories, railway, and worker housing of the industrial city, and finally the central business district, ring road, and suburbs of the modern city; the world's urban population share also changes with the year. Click an event dot to read a short description of that period's urban functions and infrastructure.