Thoughts and reflections on: How Man Invented Cities
John Pfeiffer
Cities
When the glaciers melted the foragers had much less space to move around to. Because they were nomadic it was very new to them. The foragers settled down partially because they had to, but also because they had very easy access to food. With the increased amount of water there were more fish and birds near the foragers therefore it was much easier for them to get to so they decided to stick around for a while. During the time when the foragers were less nomadic their population grew significantly. This is because the amount of babies women were having a year doubled. With more mouths to feed it made even more sense to stay in this spot near food, and even if they did become nomadic once again it would be much harder to move around with young kids and babies. As the population grew fish and birds weren't enough to live off of so the foragers had to come up with a new source of food. This brilliant idea was agriculture. Agriculture was a huge and beneficial advancement but to maintain it you had to stay near it. This meant that they would not be able to leave of they wanted food. Cities were invented partially by accident, but throughout time they began to make more and more sense to humans.
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