Political Science 2137 Lecture Notes - Marquis De Condorcet, Great Transition, Mesopotamia
19 Mar 2014
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The second great transition and the third great transition. The second great transition the industrial revolution. The third great transition - globalization and post-carbon. The industrial revolution: ideas about progress and economics - leads to a change in. Devastating consequences on quality of life for humans and their ecosystems. Globalization extended the forces of modernity and the industrial revolution to the rest of the world. Paradoxically, many now tell government to simultaneously do "less" and "more". From hunting and gathering way of life to agrarian lifestyle. Compared to hunter-gatherer society agrarian society has more impact on the environment. The move from hunter-gatherer societies to agricultural societies: between 3000-1000 bce hierarchical, militaristic established across the world, two main significances: basis for all advances in culture and science increasing coercion and warfare, babylon, ancient mesopotamia. Transition: emerged into permanent settlement and rise of hierarchy. Establishment of political and religious elites (first time in human history)
