Classical Studies 2500A/B Lecture 5: Unit 2.1 Chalcolithic Mesopotamia in the Near East
31 Jan 2017
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Chalcolithic mesopotamia in the near east and pre-cursors to the bronze age aegean. Temples and palaces of chalcolithic and bronze age mesopotamia. Earliest cities in mesopotamia: 5th and 4th millennia. Thanks to their writing, invented during the 4th millennium bc, far more is known about the sumerians than the neolithic age. Clay tablets allow us to trace the increasing complexity of society in the near east. Sumerians had already settled in late 6th millennium bc, well before they developed writing. Mesopotamia space in between the tigris and euphrates rivers sumer . The first cities in the near-east mediterranean basin appeared in southern. All 10 factors of childe"s city emerged in sumer by the late 4th millennium. Concepts of social differentiation: class stratification: priests, scribes, kings, artisans, etc, different social classes mixed together, not segregated, craft specialization. Some people are feeding the population and others are working with things like pottery.
