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Proto-city is a term usually used to describe large villages of the Neolithic Period such as Jericho
PPNA Wall of Jericho

The Pre-Pottery Neolithic A wall of Jericho dates to approximately 8000 BC and is thought to be the first city wall ever built. It surrounded and protected a Neolithic settlement which contained anywhere from 2000 to 3000 people....
 and Catal Huyuk, but also any prehistoric
Prehistory

Prehistory is a term often used to describe the period before Recorded history. Paul Tournal originally coined the term Pr?-historique in describing the finds he had made in the caves of southern France....
  settlement which has both rural and urban features. Predynastic Egypt
Predynastic Egypt

The Predynastic Period of Egypt is traditionally the period between the Early Neolithic and the beginning of the Pharaonic monarchy beginning with King Narmer....
 and Ubaid Sumeria featured what some call proto-cities. The break from these later mentioned settlements and urban settlements is the emergence of Eridu
Eridu

Eridu , from the Sumerian for 'mighty place', is modern Tell Abu Shahrain, Iraq. Eridu was the earliest city in southern Mesopotamia, founded c 5400 BCE....
, the first Sumeria
Sumeria

Sumeria may refer to:*A misnomer for Sumer, the city states of Ancient Mesopotamia. *1970 Sumeria, an asteroid discovered in 1954 by Miguel Itzigsohn....
n city, in the Uruk period
Uruk period

The Uruk period existed from the protohistory Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age period in the history of Mesopotamia, following the Ubaid period and succeeded by the Jemdet Nasr period....
 around 4000 BC. A Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
an example of this would be the Cucuteni-Tripillian culture
Cucuteni culture

The Cucuteni-Trypillian culture, also known as Cucuteni culture , Trypillian culture or Tripolie culture , is a late Neolithic archaeological culture that flourished between ca....
 which dates back to the 4th millennium BC.






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Proto-city is a term usually used to describe large villages of the Neolithic Period such as Jericho
PPNA Wall of Jericho

The Pre-Pottery Neolithic A wall of Jericho dates to approximately 8000 BC and is thought to be the first city wall ever built. It surrounded and protected a Neolithic settlement which contained anywhere from 2000 to 3000 people....
 and Catal Huyuk, but also any prehistoric
Prehistory

Prehistory is a term often used to describe the period before Recorded history. Paul Tournal originally coined the term Pr?-historique in describing the finds he had made in the caves of southern France....
  settlement which has both rural and urban features. Predynastic Egypt
Predynastic Egypt

The Predynastic Period of Egypt is traditionally the period between the Early Neolithic and the beginning of the Pharaonic monarchy beginning with King Narmer....
 and Ubaid Sumeria featured what some call proto-cities. The break from these later mentioned settlements and urban settlements is the emergence of Eridu
Eridu

Eridu , from the Sumerian for 'mighty place', is modern Tell Abu Shahrain, Iraq. Eridu was the earliest city in southern Mesopotamia, founded c 5400 BCE....
, the first Sumeria
Sumeria

Sumeria may refer to:*A misnomer for Sumer, the city states of Ancient Mesopotamia. *1970 Sumeria, an asteroid discovered in 1954 by Miguel Itzigsohn....
n city, in the Uruk period
Uruk period

The Uruk period existed from the protohistory Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age period in the history of Mesopotamia, following the Ubaid period and succeeded by the Jemdet Nasr period....
 around 4000 BC. A Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
an example of this would be the Cucuteni-Tripillian culture
Cucuteni culture

The Cucuteni-Trypillian culture, also known as Cucuteni culture , Trypillian culture or Tripolie culture , is a late Neolithic archaeological culture that flourished between ca....
 which dates back to the 4th millennium BC. .