Question

Discuss the contribution of the urban revolution during the bronze age? in 250 words

Answer 1

During the bronze Age, an urban revolution also took place. Sumer and Akkad were two great urban civilization of this age. Towns became centers of an number of activities. Here temples were constructed with the labour of hundred of workers who had to be supervised and directed. To do this an architectural plan had to be drawn in advance. the impressive temples thus constructed also needed to be an administered. As worship was so highly institutionalized here it was natural that a specialized class of priests should also emerge.These priests were the first carriers of the literary tradition and hence, quite predictably, literary record generally portray the perspective of the priestly class.


The disparity between the rich and the poor grew at an alarming rate from this time on. Extortion, maltreatment, slavery and all kinds of exploitation were practiced by the rich upon the poor. The urban revolution also brought about a stupendous increase in knowledge. Geometry,arithmetic,astronomy ,medicine and theology developed at an impressive pace. The solar calendar was developed in the Nile Valley. Mohenjodaro and Harappa which were urban civilization of later Bronze Age also shared the characteristics of this revolution and knowledge with the other Bronze Age civilization