SOSC 2730 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Uruk Period, Persian Gulf, Sailing Ship
19 Apr 2014
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Lecture 3 - september 29, 2011 (readings: chapters 3 and 4) Aserium overtaking of jerulsum - bible and aserium stories match. Spin doctor - stories were biased to the city that was telling them. Deserts + irrigation = green agriculture farms (6000 - 5400 bce) - mrashes are drained. 5400-4800 bce: major city states emerged - near valleys because of convenience for travel and trade everything within a days walk easy to govern. Achievements of sumerian culture: advanced metalworking cuneiform writing city-states: mathematics, medicine, music. 2 periods of ascendancy -- 2600-2350 bce (city-state) and 2112-1950 city-state: 25,000-35,000 and imperial-state: 65,000. **4,000 years ago persian gulf was bigger and closer to ur but now it has filled in and is further away from ur** End of city-state: political organization becomes more sophisticated: military capabilities larger economic units increasing importance of long-distance trade. Akkadia: 2334-2112 bce: ur: 2112-1990 bce, old babylon: 1990-1350 bce, new babylon: 600-539 bce.
