The Mesopotamian city life diffused to Greece by 600 B.C., and modern western urbanization began in Greece. Greece contained five hundred cities, and the cities diffused through the Mediterranean Sea region to Italy, Spain, France, and northern Africa. The Greek empire had two distinct functional zones in Greek cities. The Acropolis are cities that have worship temples, and the seat of political power while Agora was the second city, and it was the province of the citizens. This zone was an area where public meetings, education, and social events took place. Roman cities begin 200 B.C., and the Roman Empire became the largest empire in the west. In fact, the Roman Empire replaced the Greek Empire, the Romans borrowed the Greek city cultural
