SOCI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Standing Army, History Of The Southern United States, Ascribed Status
5 Sep 2016
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Can also be seen as a giant step back. Farming good for the group more people (population increased) Ex: resource depletion food scarcity (probably important) Whatever the reason is this was a huge change for humans. Emerged in the middle east ~ 5,000 years ago. Used by agrarians, agriculture becomes much more productive. Little social mobility ascribed status: what you are born into vs. achieved (gained in life) Monogamy becomes more common but not universal. Kinship groups still important but other relations too. Job is to carry on family traditions not go on own path. But communication within and across societies are growing. Wanted kids to know greek, latin (greenblatt) Non-elite culture is highly local: internal cultural diversity. Formal education schools, university appears (at first for elites only and men) States usually ruled by hereditary monarch most occupations are hereditary. King commands the center local elites rule locally. Small civil service private enrichment (advancing your family)
