ATS1873 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: De Jure, Great Power, De Facto
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Territoriality, entire world excepting antarctica is made up of mutually exclusive zones. Shift from hunter-gatherer mode of production that set up institutions and technologies to establish nation-states. Division of labour allows free time where people can (cid:862)ti(cid:374)ke(cid:396)(cid:863) (cid:449)ith stuff, leadi(cid:374)g to the (cid:271)(cid:396)o(cid:374)ze a(cid:374)d i(cid:396)o(cid:374) age. The la(cid:396)ge(cid:396) the population, the more you can work on technology, the more advanced you become. Agriculture creates surplus of food, which must be guided and distributed under hierarchy (majority of which were patriarchal) High density of people put stress on the land and gave rise to conflict (cid:862)gu(cid:374)s, ge(cid:396)(cid:373)s a(cid:374)d teel(cid:863), ja(cid:396)ed dia(cid:373)ond https://www. amazon. com/guns-germs-steel-fates- Medieval europe, birth of modern state, made up of monarch, Modern states arose in early renaissance europe, feudal system. Marxist analysis: change of mode of production from hunter- gatherer to feudal/agricultural. Gave way to absolute monarchies which paved the way for sovereign states (sovereignty officiated in treaty of westphalia.
