ANTA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Stone Age, Pastoralism
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Knowledge of solstices, may have a calendar. Neolithic or stone age (older than horticulture) Produces surplus (more efficient than foraging or horticulture) Individuals or groups (as opposed to the entire community) own more of the means of productions (animals, land to graze on) Male domination, unequal social status, may have chiefs or even states and empires. Powerful god(s), often imagined in the sky. Abraham/ ibrahim: a pastoralist (god promised that his people and animals would be safe) Mongals (genghis khan) built a huge empire ruled by agriculture but included pastoralists.
