WOH 2012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Livingsocial, Ruling Class, Zoroastrianism
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World civilizations woh 2012 mid term study guide (chapters 1 to chapter 8) Stages of complex societies (saq: villages, towns, cities, states, civilizations. Agricultural revolution (why) (key end results: population growth, climate change (warming weather) Key to growth & stability: location/geography and environment, the nile heart of egypt . Gift of the nile (dual impacts: predictable floods, dual impacts, surplus food, stable population. Defining elements of civilization: powerful centralized government, because there"s was only one manager/ruler, pharaoh representation of god, role: maintain order in the living world: balance underworld & living world, ma"at :the idea of having a balanced universe. Key theme & why (early egypt: growth without development, narrow valley, predictable flood, no oppression t authority, if it ain"t broke don"t fix it . Pharaoh (institution: why: absolute rule as long as he keep the order of the ma"at. Old kingdom (foundations: foundation of egyptain civilizations.
