Write a one-to-two page response that summarizes the main points of the readings and demonstrates your understanding of what cities are and how urbanization, or civilization developed.

Architectural historian Spiro Kostof wrote extensively about the growth of cities. Read Kostof's pieces "What is a city" and the chapter "The rise of the city: architecture in West Asia." Write a one-to-two page response that summarizes the main points of the readings and demonstrates your understanding of what cities are and how urbanization, or civilization developed.