HIST 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Knossos, Peloponnese, Aegean Civilizations
7 Feb 2018
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Jericho (8350-7370 bce and then 7220-5850 bce) by 7000 bce has wall that are 10ft thick & 15 ft high. Encloses 10 acres with watchtowers and houses 2000 people. This doesn"t happen by chance - requires coordination of labour. Requires social hierarchy and the organization of labour and surplus of food so that farm labour can be redistributed to other labour. The walls suggests conflicts and therefore the desire to protect goods and people. In the second occupation there were grander houses which suggests a hierarchical society: catalhoyuk. A 30 acre site in southern anatolia inhabited from 7400 to 6000 bce, 5000+ inhabitants. Farming civilization, egalitarian society, one of the first settlements to show fortifications to protect their commercial interests: uruk. A settlement from 4000-2900 bce and brought further social, administrative, and technological advances to the world. Rise of 30 city states in mesopotamia alone. Large temple complex, walls, and other structures: mari.
