CAT 2 Lecture Notes - William Cronon, Urban Revolution, Sedentism
17 Mar 2014
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References: william cronon, natural vs. created landscapes, v. gordon childe, urban revolution, the correlation between religious power and political power is so unified amongst a. 3. societal hierarchy, in that a political leader is often influenced by, and sometimes elected from, religious ideologies. It marks the point in human social evolution, where humans did not merely react to environmental conditions, but instead create our own environment based on our wants and needs. This modern world, in which we create our own destiny and natural environment, began 9,000 years ago. We started being creators of our own material reality: today, we barely acknowledge the existence of nature, except in terms of overcoming hostile environments or natural disasters. If the agricultural revolution exploited the muscle power of animals, the urban revolution exploited the muscle power of humans: v. gordon childe coined the term urban revolution and agriculture.
