4 Key Factors to the Emergence of Towns & Cities

Question 1

4 Factors:

Answer 1

• Agriculture Surplus
• Religion (Theocracy)
• Defensive Needs
• Trading Requirements

Question 2

Agriculture Surplus

Answer 2

• Several mechanisms surplus
• Capitalism
• Taxation was compelled to pay a percentage of labour to the government

Question 3

Religion - Theocracy

Answer 3

• Many early elite held both political and spiritual authority
• Was a hallmark of early civilization

Question 4

Defensive Needs

Answer 4

• Lived on higher ground
  • Easier to protect yourself
• Walls are being built
• Weapons

Question 5

Trading Requirements

Answer 5

• Emergence of market places
• Could have formed the bases of new cities
• Being close to water and having access to it