ANTA01H3 Chapter : ANTA01 Ch 13
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Ch 13: the evolution of civilization: 6 000 ya (pg 534) Agriculture> food surplus> wealth & power> social & political systems. > paleolithic & earlier neolithic societies were egalitarian: formal gov t. State, class societies, often rigidly stratified into social levels w/ a ruling class controlling the populace not by consensus by coercions & force. Tribe, a grouping of ppl organized largely by kinship; there is no central ruler, but individuals may obtain prestige & authority through their achievements. > c. chiefdom, a level of socio-political integration more complex than the tribe but less so than the state. > kings, pharaohs or emperors of state societies: labour specialization. > food surplus must be maintained to feed the number of mouths who engage in specialization through art, architecture, engineering, crafts & science: monumental works (tombs, palaces, pyramids) > grandiose public statements : rulers visibly advertise what they re capable of through power.
