NATS 1775 Lecture 2: Unit 2
25 Nov 2017
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The urban rev. we start to see the development of societies. They started to share a very similar structure = highly populated, population remaining in the same location. These soc. had high levels of learning and educated people. At least six different centers around the world: mesopotamia (after 3500. Bc); egypt (after 3400 bc); indus river valley (after 2500 bc); yellow river in. China (after 1800 bc); mesoamerica (500 bc); south america (after 300 bc) Characteristics: high populations, centralized political and economic authority, regional states, stratified societies, complex architecture, higher learning. A stratified or hierarchal society resembles a pyramid structure. At the very top you have the fewest people with the most power. In the middle are those with some power usually because of family or occupation. At the very bottom of the pyramid you have the largest segment of your population with the least amount of power.
