VART 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Aceramic, Caral, Soil Salinity

• School: Fordham University
• Department: Visual Arts
• Course: VART 1101
• Professor: Eva Delius

Document Summary

Emergence of cities and civilizations: mesopotamia. Indus valley: egypt, peru, china, central america. Earliest cities of mesopotamia and india were around 6000 years ago: egypt comes slightly later, china- 4500 years ago, central american and peru 3500 years ago. Agriculture and warfare were responsible: warfare evidence from maya, aztec and inca sites, (cid:862)although (cid:272)ities ha(cid:448)e (cid:271)ee(cid:374) sustai(cid:374)ed (cid:271)(cid:455) agri(cid:272)ulture, the(cid:455) (cid:449)ere (cid:374)ot (cid:272)reated (cid:271)(cid:455) it(cid:863) Fossils dating back to 90,000 year ago were found in the middle east. Pottery: likely to have contributed to an acceleration of the population growth rate with crucial implications for the development of cities and civilization. Technological inventions such as the sailboat = urban revolution: cities came first and farming and technology came after demand for it was needed. Conclusion: mer(cid:272)ha(cid:374)ts, (cid:272)rafts(cid:373)e(cid:374) a(cid:374)d (cid:373)a(cid:374)agers laid do(cid:449)(cid:374) the fou(cid:374)datio(cid:374)s of the (cid:272)it(cid:455)"s urban life not farmers (they were needed once the city was formed)