{"id":18338,"date":"2021-02-09T10:09:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T04:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncertsolutions.guru\/?p=18338"},"modified":"2021-02-09T10:09:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T04:39:17","slug":"ncert-solutions-for-class-11-history-chapter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncertsolutions.guru\/ncert-solutions-for-class-11-history-chapter-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NCERT Solutions for Class 11 History Chapter 2 Writing and City Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Detailed, Step-by-Step NCERT Solutions for 11 History<\/a> Chapter 2 Writing and City Life Questions and Answers were solved by Expert Teachers as per NCERT (CBSE) Book guidelines covering each topic in chapter to ensure complete preparation.<\/p>\n

Writing and City Life NCERT Solutions for Class 11 History Chapter 2<\/h2>\n

Writing and City Life Questions and Answers <\/span>Class 11 History Chapter 2<\/h3>\n

Question 1.
\nWhy do we say that it was not natural fertility and high levels of food production that were the causes of early urbanisation?
\nAnswer:
\nIt is because urbanization activity has nothing to do with natural fertility and high levels of food productions. These characteristics have nexus with the villages and their extension not of cities. Actually, division of labour is a mark of urban life. Urban economics comprise trade, manufactures and services.<\/p>\n

People expert in particular art or skill have to depend on others for the raw material e.g. carver of stone seal requires bronze tools and coloured stones. Similarly, bronze tool maker requires copper and tin to smelter into bronze and make tools. Besides this organized trade and storage is also required.<\/p>\n

Thus, a number of activities are performed by different hands viz. a number of transactions would take place and this require the keeping of written records. Those all conditions were ready to use in Mesopotamian civilization which resulted in early urbanization there.<\/p>\n

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Question 2.
\nWhich of the following were necessary conditions and which the causes, of early urbanisation, and which would you say were the outcome of the growth of cities :
\n(a) highly productive agriculture
\n(b) water transport
\n(c) the lack of metal and stone
\n(d) the division of labour
\n(e) the use of goals<\/p>\n

(f) the military power of kings that made labour compulsory?
\nAnswer:
\nNecessary conditions for early urbanization \u2014 These are the division of labour, highly productive agriculture, water transport and the else of seals.<\/p>\n

Outcome of the growth of cities \u2014 water transport started by virtue of growth of cities in order to import metals, stones and other required items for artisans and artists in the city. The military power of kings increased and there made labour compulsory.<\/p>\n

Question 3.
\nWhy were mobile animal herders not necessarily a threat to town life?
\nAnswer:
\nThe mobile or nomadic animal herders were not doing any harm to the towns because of lying there no standing crops to which the animal destroy. Instead, they facilitated buying of animal flesh at a cheaper rate in towns.<\/p>\n

Question 4.
\nWhy would the early temple have been much like a house?
\nAnswer:
\nThe early temples were much like a house because \u2014<\/p>\n