MMW 11 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Autocracy, Urban Sprawl, Crystallization
6 Oct 2016
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Tread lightly here, for you are walking on the very cradle of civilization . Shift from a more pluralistic, consensus-based source of authority to permanent autocracy (b. ii. 1. b) For unspecified time shall thy word stand inviolate (8) (b. ii. 2) New power and prestige of the city of babylon around 2000 bce: echoes of urban anxiety in mythology c. i) mythological reference to uruk in the epic of gilgamesh (c. i. 1) (c. i. 2) Why did so many people prefer to live in a city like uruk? (c. i. 2. a) (c. i. 2. b) (c. i. 2. c) (c. i. 2. d) The problem of urban sprawl and noise pollution . Instinct as social animals? c. ii: the loss of privacy and the intrusion of city bureaucracy d. i) safety-net of the state d. ii) d. iii) hammurabi"s codes further attest to the complex pressures of urban living. The people of uruk"s complaints to the gods about gilgamesh. Ii) city as an emergent evolution : lewis mumford"s crystallization of the city a. i) why not a revolution ? a. ii)
