HIST-1060 Lecture 5: Lecture 5
21 Sep 2018
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No, violence was made socially unacceptable because the growing power of the state required that violence be politically directed. Four uses of sanctioned violence: as a compulsion used in political order, de nes and creates social groups e. g. men and animals, marker of signi cance, an element in myths and metaphors. The banner (a general uses to command in a war) The axe (for general to execute people who disobey him) Bronze was used mostly for weapons, sacri cial paraphernalia, and carpenters tools for making chariots. The warring states period was a transition from a feudal system to qin imperial system: dramatic change in the society (money economy) Rise of private ownership of land, water control and iron tools (better agricultural output) Increase in scale and diversity of urban centers. Use of hired labor: government by appointed, salaried o cials, direct control of local, legal codes, registration of the populace, in the military.
