ANTA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Granary, Social Stratification
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Characteristics of civilization example: teotihuac n (mexico; 2,200- Teotihuac n pyramid of the moon - pyramid of the moon new phases of building, 17 human skulls, decapitated roof over the excavation. May display inequality in personal relations based on age, gender, or personal ability. No category of people w/in the same sex or age group has special privilege. Stratified societies - organize around formal modes of social stratification. Ancient egypt (~5,000 ya): commemorates the unification of upper. Inequality may be based on human attributes such as age and gender. and lower egypt. Characteristic of civilization: model of a granary from ancient egypt. Great pyramid at giza (~4,500 ya) - - close to modern cairo, egypt, - Characteristics of civilization cross-section of the great pyramid at. Used over 2 million stone blocks, weighing on average several tons each. Pyramid aligns with cardinal compass directions, w/each face being <0. 1% off. Mesopotamia the land between the two rivers i. e. , the tigris and euphrates.
