SOC 103 Lecture 4: Lecture 4
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Introduction: in the previous module, we explored how foraging societies slowly transformed into early agrarian societies. This shift took place at different times depending upon geographic location and environmental conditions. Ancient rome are examples of early agrarian societies. The old testament, written during the period of early agrarianism, outlined the rules, norms, values and beliefs about survival in the context of economic, political, and social arrangements of early agrarian societies. For instance, codes of law laid out in the. This transformation took place in europe between the 5th and 15th centuries and is divided into three different periods: the early middle ages, the. High middle ages and the late middle ages. The early middle ages begins after the collapse of the roman empire and lasts until the high middle ages of the year 1000. The early middle ages includes the period of the islamic empire and.