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S anctuary, V illage & S tronghold

S anctuary, V illage & S tronghold. The Culture of Cities Monday, September 12/2005. SOSC 2730. Textbook. start reading Chapters 1 & 2. Front Street, Toronto. how did Front Street get its name?. Why Study Cities?. we live in an urban culture understand more about ourselves.

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S anctuary, V illage & S tronghold

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  1. Sanctuary, Village & Stronghold The Culture of Cities Monday, September 12/2005 SOSC 2730

  2. Textbook • start reading • Chapters 1 & 2

  3. Front Street, Toronto • how did Front Street get its name?

  4. Why Study Cities? • we live in an urban culture • understand more about ourselves

  5. Importance of History? • understand context • modern cities built on what has preceded them

  6. Selected Civilizations

  7. Selected Civilizations

  8. Selected Civilizations

  9. Civilization • city settlement • labour specialization • concentration of surpluses • class structure • state organization

  10. Civilization • monumental public works • standardized monumental artwork • long-distance trade • writing • arithmetic, geometry, astronomy

  11. Agricultural Revolution • domestication of plants & livestock • 10,000 years ago (8,000 BC) • surpluses • where?

  12. Storage & Protection • shelters • walls

  13. Movement • settled lifestyle • trade

  14. Way of Life • nomadic ––> settled

  15. Mesopotamia • “between the rivers” • cradle of civilization • or at least Modern (Western) civilization

  16. Uruk Period:4000-3100 BC • first real cities • monumental architecture • economic specialization • writing ––> cuneiform

  17. Sumerian Civilization:3100-2350 BC • 13 independent city-states • monumental architecture such as ziggurats • specialization –– potter's wheel, metallurgy • social hierarchy • writing ––> cuneiform • intensive agriculture –– irrigation canals

  18. Indigenous Empire Period:2350-323 BC • Akkadian 2334-2112 BC • Ur 2112-1990 BC • Old Babylon 1990-1350 BC • Assyrian 1350-600 BC • New Babylon 600-539 BC • Persian 539-323 BC

  19. New Orleans • Katrina’s aftermath • rebuild New Orleans?

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