NMC260Y1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Lagash, Mastaba, Third Dynasty Of Egypt
23 Oct 2015
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Question: what are the five characteristics of a city: Increased population with a higher social integration: full time specialization, concentration surplus, class structured society, complex social organization, catal huyuk fulfilled: Long distance: standardized monumental art (0. 5, didn"t have: monumental public works/ writing/ arithmetic, geometry, astronomy. It was the first large town: city states and political authority, several large city-states dominated the mesopotamian landscape by. 2112 bc: why did pyramid-building stop, standardization of pyramid complexes of kings, most were built at abu sir near the sun temple, pyramids were significantly smaller, decline mirrors erosion of power of pharaohs and central government. Limited resources: economic strain, pepy ii reign the first intermediate period. Rapid disintegration of the old memphite regime following the long reign of. Repy ii: anarchy resulting from the collapse of the monarchy and the rivalries. "nomarchs", also by the infiltration of new (?)
