SOSC 2730 Chapter Notes -Crystallization, Deioces, Utopia

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 2730
• Professor: Lewis Code

Document Summary

Ch 2: crystallization of the city: from this line, mumford is trying to explain that a large number of people is not the only component to turning a village into a city, it is more than just numbers. The city is now a process of developing and prospering more than a village of people would be able to do. Mumford mentions food and reproduction as something villagers see as survival, whereas in turning the village into a city involves more than basic necessities for survival. These old components being used in a new way gave room for further developments and transformation to the city. The archaic village culture yielded to urban civilization" (mumford, 30) is a line mumford uses to describe the beginnings of urban civilization. Through the cities power at the hands of the royalty, much of the order was given to make villagers work for not only survival anymore, but for the royals and other city people.