SOCB44H3 Lecture Notes - Idiocracy, Capital Accumulation
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People were scattered and existed as hunters and gatherers. First urban settlements (estimate) arose around 8000 bce. At present, there are cities that have 10 million people largest ancient city = rome (700 800k people) E. g. water vs living in the desert, such as living in las vegas using the colorado river for the fountains, etc: advantages of grouping together. E. g. protection: e. g. the movie idiocracy , transportation. Electricity, harness power, inanimate sources of energy: language. You are able to produce more food than what you and your family consume. Gods and would feed the priests and others: more worshippers in the sacred temple/building = expansion of food stalls, prostitutes around the temples, etc, ^ as a result, the community is growing. Gordon childe identified the list of characteristics that are essential to what could be described as cities. All these early cities contain a combination of the following: larger and more densely populated permanent and settlements.
