CAS AR 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Eridu, Marsh Arabs, Alpaca
25 Mar 2017
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The urban revolution and the rise of the first cities: ancient sumer. Childe coins 1950 urban revolution : one of the most popular arch articles the town planning review, attributes of complex societies (civilization). Area of focus today: now modern iraq but used to be known as mesopotamia: mesopotamia is a greek term meaning land between the rivers , often referred to as he heartland of cities or the cradle of. Civilization : between tigris and euphrates, northern and southern mesopotamia was very different, north was more abundant and fertile with lots of rainfall, south is aired and dry. Halafian pottery: early sumerians at uruk, known as the world"s first city. 4100-3100 bc: white temple, sits on top of a huge platform. Is a white temple atop the anu ziggurat at uruk: pottery is changing at this time (uruk, the warka vase from uruk, carved stone ca.
