WOH 2012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Scorpion Ii, Second Intermediate Period Of Egypt, Henotheism
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A civilization is a group of people coming together because they have a common purpose or cause. If the group is stable over a long period of time and is able to maintain peace and order is also part of a civilization. A written language is important but not essential. There is also a complex hierarchy, which can be divided by gender, social standing, and wealth. A complex economical system is a value system, and is needed for a civilization. A civilization is when a large region of people share the same things and systems. Gender: historically made biological identity, women do this because they always have . Paleolithic and neolithic societies (if they can be called such) left little material evidence behind. Most materials used are organic and decomposed / disappeared. No literary sources or narrative insights into those societies. Prehistoric society remains the domain of archaeology and anthropology. World history is roughly about 50 years old (reasons why)
