Around 3900 years ago we find the beginning ofa major change People stopped living in many ofthe cities - Social Science - In the Earliest Cities

Question

Around 3900 years ago we find the beginning ofa major change People
stopped living in many ofthe cities Writing, seals and weights were
nolonger used Raw materials brought from longdistances became rare
Why ?

Charu · Accepted Answer

The following points may help you:

a Historians have come up with various conclusions as to why such
dramatic changes came up where people just stopped living in the
cities, writing , seals were no longer used ,

b There could be environmental reasons, there could have been
floods wiping the cities or deforestation that effected the forest
cover, or drying up of rivers,

c Historians have also attributed such a change could be because of
political reason with rulers losing control over cities, people
began to move to new settlements

Around 3900 years ago we find the beginning ofa major change. People stopped living in many ofthe cities. Writing, seals and weights were nolonger used. Raw materials brought from longdistances became rare.Why ?