ANTA01H3 Lecture 11: Lecture 11
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Lecture 11 y slide 2 y all about access to wealth* began 9000 years ago. As a consequence of shift to food production, first abundance of anything (food). Not just powerful rulers and chiefs but also priests who try controlling food excess. y slide 3 y specialization of labor. Other than farming, other jobs start. y development of formal governments. y first evidence of writing/record keeping. y slide 4 y. Once agriculture begins (crops that people tend), we have innovative ways to be efficient and food abundance. y civilizations develop quickly because of plow, draft animals & wheel (can get raw goods from far away to city). Pyramid scheme with high priest/king at the top with small class of elites below and food producers are the very bottom. y being able to produce food becomes the lowest level overtime. One person controls everyone else. y *we typically see religion.
