MODULE 3.3 Flashcards
VILLAGE VS CITY: SOCIAL STRUCTURE
Village: CLASSLESS society; Shared resources, interest, responsibilities
City: STRATIFICATION; clear socio-economic classes
VILLAGE VS CITY: SOCIAL KINSHIP
Village: Strong kinship values; SAME Tribe hence, relationships based on family ties and community
City: Little sense of Kinship; relationships often based on convenience or necessity
VILLAGE VS CITY: ECONOMIC BASES
Village: SOCIAL KINSHIP VALUES; COMMUNAL SYSTEM
City: Value based on ECONOMIC STANDARDS; emphasis on INDIVIDUALISM and PRIVATE PROPERTY and capitalism
Old French cite, from civitas/civis
= ______
CITIZEN
*A community with substantial SIZE and POPULATION DENSITY that shelters a variety of non-agricultural specialist, including a literate elite
CITY
The ____ _____ region of MESOPOTAMIA (present-day ______) about 3,500 B.C.
Fertile Crescent ; IRAQ
(present day ISRAEL/PALESTINE)
- Looks like AOT
- Developing city already at 10,000BC
- Joshua and the walls of _______ (Bible)
ANCIENT JERICHO
(present day ______)
- Well developed by 6,000 BC
- One of the best preserved ancient cities
CATAL HUYUK ; TURKEY
was the largest city in Egypt for nearly 2,000 years, functioning as a TRADING CENTER between ASIA and EUROPE
ALEXANDRIA
ALEXANDRIA WAS 332 BC built by ________
Alexander the Great
Chronology Of Early Cities (Macionis, J. & V. Parillo, 1998)
Ancient Jericho -> MESOPOTAMIA -> Egypt -> Indus Region -> China -> The America
Before the end of 18th century
Less people lived in cities than in the village
These were:
the ruling elite- the religious, political, military, and commercial leaders
Laborers, craftsmen, and professionals who served them
The Chinese exported their SILK and TEA to Middle East (and Europe)
THE SILK ROAD
~1760 – 1840 AD
Initially in the Great Britain, then in the
USA
First mechanism loom
hydroelectric, steam POWERED machinery
* Boom of FACTORIES, MASS PRODUCTION
ATTRACTED PEOPLE TO THE CITIES
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
* Reversed the distribution of people
between village and city
* Increase number of ____ = Increase = ___
PEOPLE ; SPECIALIZATION
