Uruk Phenomenon - The Urban Revolution
Channel: Ermenher
Date: 2019-12-24

Shortly after 4000 BCE the settlements of Mesopotamia rose to cities, foremost among them was Uruk. From Uruk came cuneiform the first writing to record the storage and redistribution of goods through the temple. Uruk began a revolution in the lives of the people, an urban revolution. This is known as the Uruk Phenomenon.

Sources:

A History of the Ancient Near East, ca. 3000-323 BC (Blackwell History of the Ancient World) 3rd Edition
by Marc Van De Mieroop (Author)
https://www.amazon.com/History-Ancient-3000-323-Blackwell-World/dp/111871816X/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2/137-0582635-4037915?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=111871816X&pd_rd_r=796e3fcb-8b5d-49c8-b91d-9f2aba6b236c&pd_rd_w=owdc6&pd_rd_wg=4bOxL&pf_rd_p=09627863-9889-4290-b90a-5e9f86682449&pf_rd_r=1R4MFG8RDEXJVQNZQWAV&psc=1&refRID=1R4MFG8RDEXJVQNZQWAV

Understanding World Societies, Volume 1: To 1600 Second Edition
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