ANTH 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Santa Barbara City College, James Henry Breasted, Robert L. Carneiro
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Centralized accumulation of capital through tribute and taxation. Rural periphery engaged in agricultural pursuits in order to feed urban centers. Cities house centralized institutions (i. e. public buildings, administrations: explaining the rise of civilization , urban revolution, v gordon childe. Surplus food led to ride of artisan class and metallurgy. Artisans" need for raw materials eld to increase in long-distance trade. Trade led to more intense agriculture to fuel trade and to fee large non-farming of society: fertile crescent hypothesis, irrigation hypothesis, james breasted. Fertile soils led to surplus grains: floodplains of nile and mesopotamia. Trade and agriculture led to central accumulation of wealth. Central accumulation of wealth led to taxation and tribute by the ruling elite sector: hydraulic civilizations , julian steward. Surplus led to artisans and specialists, rise in irrigation led people to become more specialized one one area. Specialists led to stratified societies: robert carneiro.
