Origins Of Domestication And The Rise Of Cities And States
Jim Sciba
8/31/16
Origins of Ancient Civilization
Essay #1
In the last 10,000 years, the origins of domestication and the rise of cities and states are the hallmark for human progress leading up to the modern world. Despite the ethnocentric biases that entails, the development of densely populated cities and states has created many disadvantages and in comparison to small, family-based, egalitarian societies, it is more satisfying than living in cities and states.
The development of densely populated cities and states has created multiples of problems leading to possible collapse. Many of the disadvantages include increase of pollution, the over usage of resources, overcrowding in finite spaces, competition for food and water, more difficult
8/31/16
Origins of Ancient Civilization
Essay #1
In the last 10,000 years, the origins of domestication and the rise of cities and states are the hallmark for human progress leading up to the modern world. Despite the ethnocentric biases that entails, the development of densely populated cities and states has created many disadvantages and in comparison to small, family-based, egalitarian societies, it is more satisfying than living in cities and states.
The development of densely populated cities and states has created multiples of problems leading to possible collapse. Many of the disadvantages include increase of pollution, the over usage of resources, overcrowding in finite spaces, competition for food and water, more difficult