ANT 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sumerian King List, Despotism, Popol Vuh
Document Summary
Tribute (flow of goods and services) moves to core from periphery. Empires unite a diverse and heterogeneous group of societies (diverse groups of people) The source of power control of information; centralized bureaucracy; control of resources; craft production; symbols of power. Behistun rock used to decode language in mesopotamia. Ur-nammu law code included laws about marriage, slavery, and causing harm to other people (laws come from gods to people) Code of hammurabi the set of laws drawn up by babylonian king hammurabi dating to the 18th century bc, the earliest legal code known in its entirety. Sumerian king list organized the reign of kings by dynasty. (traced to gods) Multi-factor - carneiro (1970) conscription model: interaction geography, population increase and violence. Wealth difference a small group of farmers are put in charge of managing crops and producing them, this gives them wealth and power.
