CAS AR 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Çatalhöyük, Uruk Period, Bruce Trigger
9 Feb 2018
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Analogy: a tale of two cities: ancient and modern. 7 basic functions are seen in both cities. Permanent settlement with large population and dense housing. Specialized functions and services, combination of functions (more efficient in cities) Geography and location (connected to other centers by relatively low-cost transport systems) First cities 10x as great as neolithic village. Production of (cid:281)social surplus(cid:282) key to city"s economy. Peasant farmers and full time specialists supported by surplus. A ruling class: involved in maintaining peace, planning and organization. Invention of recording systems and exact but useful sciences. Invention of writing which led to the elaboration of exact and predictive sciences. State organization based on residence rather than kinship. Comparative approach: bruce trigger, understanding early civilizations (2003) and early cities (2008) Trigger"s definition of the city: (cid:281)a community or settlement that performs numerous functions in relation to a broader hinterland(cid:282) Cities of these two types of states developed independently.
