[Lecture] Components of Early Civilization: Sumeria & Egypt

Components of Early Civilization: Sumeria & Egypt

-Lecture- Early Civilization: Sumeria & Egypt
Components of Early Urban Civilization

Paleolithic & Neolithic Eras
Staying in Place: Planting & Animal Domestication
Changes in Meat Consumption
Black Death (an example)
Farmer Collectives
A Need for Organization
Alluvial Soil & Flood Season
Astrology: Superstition & Survival
Religion
Early Gods
Organized Farmers
Urbanization & Organization
Primary Sources: Complaints of Farmers = a need for legal protection
Early Kings
Hereditary Kingship
Humans & Power
Grain Surplus, but other items are scarce
Surrounding Land is Harsh
Redistributive Economy

Lecture recorded 1.9.17