Why Did Humans Invent Cities?
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Cities are a relatively new invention, by human standards. Why did Neolithic people 11,000 years ago decide to give up their nomadic, hunter-gatherer lives and start to settle? And what were these early cities like?
Resources on this topic:
https://ourworldindata.org/urbanization
https://www.history.com/news/prehistoric-ages-timeline#:~:text=During this era%2C early humans,and were hunters and gatherers, https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/an-ancient-proto-city-reveals-the-origin-of-home
The City Shaped by Spiro Kostof https://www.amazon.com/City-Shaped-Patterns-Meanings-Through/dp/0821220160/ref=sr_1_1?crid=25ALPSJ3L24M4&keywords=the+city+shaped&qid=1679087146&sprefix=the+city+shaped%2Caps%2C143&sr=8-1
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/feb/16/whats-the-oldest-city-in-the-world
https://www.thoughtco.com/eridu-iraq-earliest-city-in-mesopotamia-170802
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Written by Dave Amos and Hannah Woolsey
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Видео Why Did Humans Invent Cities? канала City Beautiful
Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-why-did-humans-invent-cities
Cities are a relatively new invention, by human standards. Why did Neolithic people 11,000 years ago decide to give up their nomadic, hunter-gatherer lives and start to settle? And what were these early cities like?
Resources on this topic:
https://ourworldindata.org/urbanization
https://www.history.com/news/prehistoric-ages-timeline#:~:text=During this era%2C early humans,and were hunters and gatherers, https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/an-ancient-proto-city-reveals-the-origin-of-home
The City Shaped by Spiro Kostof https://www.amazon.com/City-Shaped-Patterns-Meanings-Through/dp/0821220160/ref=sr_1_1?crid=25ALPSJ3L24M4&keywords=the+city+shaped&qid=1679087146&sprefix=the+city+shaped%2Caps%2C143&sr=8-1
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/feb/16/whats-the-oldest-city-in-the-world
https://www.thoughtco.com/eridu-iraq-earliest-city-in-mesopotamia-170802
Produced by Dave Amos and the fine folks at Nebula Studios.
Written by Dave Amos and Hannah Woolsey
Select images and video from Getty Images.
Black Lives Matter.
Trans rights.
Видео Why Did Humans Invent Cities? канала City Beautiful
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