GLST 392 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Social Inequality, Shinto
29 Sep 2016
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Expansion and integration: key point how did classical civilizations adjust to expansion, between 550>400 bce confucius, laozi, buddha, socrates a. Need to articulate central values: how did they all unite?1. China more centralized: mediterranean more localized/diverse, india key religious values not as vulnerable to collapse like. Rome c. what are the two challenges of integration: territorial how to commanda. China language for elite, resettlement b. rome local autonomy, tolerancec. India spread caste system: social inequality between men/women upper/lower class a. Hierarchy deference obedience confucian b. india caste system: rome slavery, how to maintain cohesion?1. China mutual respect between upper and lower3. India future reincarnation into higher form if good life. Some as border civilizations, some entirely independent: wider trade patternsb. Africa kush hieroglyphics, iron, monarchy: defeated by axum, then ethiopia, ethiopian christian church cut off from greeks isolated, ethiopia by 20th century oldest uninterrupted monarchy 2.
