城市分布不是一成不变的,而是随着自然环境的变迁以及人类社会、政治、军事、经济的变迁而发生改变。中国城市发展与王朝更替有着直接关系,因而按照王朝兴衰来分期具有一定的合理性。远古至夏商时期,根据已经发掘的早期古城的分布看,中国城市的分布不仅只集中在黄河流域,而是遍布东西南北各个区域,考古学界多用“满天星斗”来形容中国早期文明的兴起。周朝建立后,受地缘政治影响,周统治者在三河地区建立大量城邑,因此,三河地区的城市较为集中。西周时期的城市主要分布在 Urban distribution is not immutable, but changes with changes in the natural environment and changes in human society, politics, military and economic. The development of China’s cities is directly related to the replacement of dynasties. Therefore, it is reasonable to stage by stages according to the rise and fall of dynasties. According to the distribution of the early ancient cities that have been excavated from ancient time to the present, the distribution of Chinese cities is not only concentrated in the Yellow River valley, but in all regions of the east, west, south and north. Archeology circles use “starry sky” to describe the early Chinese civilization The rise. After the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, influenced by geopolitics, the rulers of Zhou established a large number of cities and towns in the Sanhe area. Therefore, cities in the Three Rivers were more concentrated. Western Zhou Dynasty cities are mainly distributed in