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    1. The document assigns readings from two texts for a class: chapters 4-6 of "Guns, Germs and Steel" which discuss the rise of agriculture and how it led to military advantages and specialization for societies, and "The Crystallization of the City" which examines the transformation from villages to cities driven by royal and urban power beyond mere survival. 2. The analysis notes that the first text explains how early agriculture allowed some societies technological advantages over hunter-gatherers, and how farming replaced hunting as a reliable food source for humans. 3. The analysis of the second text highlights how it looks at how villages transformed into cities involving more than just survival, propelled by the power of ro

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    1. The document assigns readings from two texts for a class: chapters 4-6 of "Guns, Germs and Steel" which discuss the rise of agriculture and how it led to military advantages and specialization for societies, and "The Crystallization of the City" which examines the transformation from villages to cities driven by royal and urban power beyond mere survival. 2. The analysis notes that the first text explains how early agriculture allowed some societies technological advantages over hunter-gatherers, and how farming replaced hunting as a reliable food source for humans. 3. The analysis of the second text highlights how it looks at how villages transformed into cities involving more than just survival, propelled by the power of ro

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    1. The document assigns readings from two texts for a class: chapters 4-6 of "Guns, Germs and Steel" which discuss the rise of agriculture and how it led to military advantages and specialization for societies, and "The Crystallization of the City" which examines the transformation from villages to cities driven by royal and urban power beyond mere survival. 2. The analysis notes that the first text explains how early agriculture allowed some societies technological advantages over hunter-gatherers, and how farming replaced hunting as a reliable food source for humans. 3. The analysis of the second text highlights how it looks at how villages transformed into cities involving more than just survival, propelled by the power of ro

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    Ar. Mark Lenuel M.

    Bool Assign Readings - Individual Output


    MUPD 601 Sep 2, 2023

    1. Chapters 4-6 of Diamond, Jared, Guns, Germs and Steel; A Short History of
    Everybody for the last 13,000 years
    ● Chapter 4- Farmer Power
    ● Chapter 5- History's Haves and Not Haves
    ● Chapter 6- To Farm or Not to Farm

    Analysis:

    Diamond explains how agriculture led to military advantages and specialization in


    societies, separating them from hunter-gatherer societies with little surplus food.

    Early adopters of agriculture had a technological advantage.

    Agriculture emerged as a reliable way to feed humans, replacing hunting large wild
    animals.

    2. The Crystallization of the City: The First Urban Transformation by Lewis Mumford

    Analysis:

    Lewis Mumford highlights the transformation of a village into a city, involving more than
    just survival, driven by the power of the royals and city dwellers.

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