What were the main causes which led to urbanisation in mesopotamia?
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Answer:
Trade created the rise of wea... Urbanization in Mesopotamia and other areas started with successful farming and food storage. The nomadic style of hunting could be abandoned when farming was successful enough to produce harvests that could feed a whole city. ... And the rise of skilled labor led to commerce and trade.
Explanation:
Urbanisation is the process by which rural communities grow to form cities, or urban centers, and, by extension, the growth and expansion of those cities. Urbanisation began in ancient Mesopotamia in the Uruk Period.
Significance of Urbanisation in Mesopotamia-
1. From 5000 bce, settlements had begun to develop in Southern Mesopotamia.
2. Early settlers began to build and rebuild temples at selected spots in their village.
3. The God was the focus of worship: to him or her people brought grain, curd and fish. the god was also the theatrical owner of agricultural field and fisheries, and the herds of the local community
4. Organisation was also done in the temple, organisation and employment of merchants and keeper of written record distribution and allotment of grain, plough animals, bread, bear, fish,etc., the temple developed its activities and became the main urban institution.