6.3: Development of new cities

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6.3: Development of new cities 

Goals

The student can explain the causes of the establishment and growth of new cities

• The student know how the three-field-system worked and why it was so important for Medieval agriculture
• The student can explain the importance of new agricultural inventions
• The student knows what urbanisation means

The student can describe how people lived and worked in the new cities
The student can explain what the Hanseatic League was and why cities wanted to join this league

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Three field system

Result:

• Farmers were able to produce more and a greater variety of food.
• The land stayed fertile

	Field 1	Field 2	Field 3
Year 1	Winter grain	Summer grain	Fallow
Year 2	Fallow	Winter grain	Summer grain
Year 3	Summer grain	Fallow	Winter grain

The rise of cities (source 6.25)

Three field system (6.23) + heavy plough

= Suitable for growing crops

1: 3rd

2: Egypt

3: Desert

4: Hermits

5: Monasteries

6: Temptations 

https://schooltv.nl/video/histoclips-stad-in-de-middeleeuwen/ 

Homework

Do: 1, 2, 3, 4, of paragraph 6.3 

Guilds

= cooperation between traders or people of the same craft

Hanseatic League

= a powerful network of trading cities in Northern Europe

Why was it set up? --> To improve trade over long distances.

Benefits of being part of the League:

• Cities agreed on beneficial prices
• You could travel together, which was safer
• You could import or export in bulk

Homework

Do: 7, 10, 11  of paragraph 6.3