BIOL 1001 Chapter : Geography 1003
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Reliable food supply: a city cannot exist without a reliable food source! New level of control of human energy: taxing. Irrigated agriculture produces 5 times the yield of dry agriculture. Villages form in linear fashion: near water sources. Ex. live on hill your fish deficate in the water going downstream, family down stream get sick. Sumarian civilization: made up of 12 powerful cities, pop:1 mill. Royal class: new wealth, leisure time: invention of luxury goods. Uruk: pop: 50 k people, 1100 acres of land, 6 mile long double wall equipped with 1000 battle towers in center of city you have ziggurat (temple) Priest lived next to ziggurat spatial organization, spatial stratification. Off major streets: densely packed houses of farmers, and slaves: 80% of poelple are still farmers, other 20, fashion, jewelry, music, art, hair styles, games literary tradition, slavery, militarism, environmental destruction, trade!
