Agriculture Flashcards
When did Ag start?
11,600 ka
why did Ag start?
population pressure, sustained, persistent warm and wet conditions
What is a state?
geopolitical unit with kinship, but dominated by class. Class at top is elite, then a division of labor
first predatory state
5500 ka
Early state features
symmetric competition
performance: outcompete other states,
state-society bargaining (welfare),
external resources
empire features
asymmetric competition keep empire together coercion and inequality caging internal resources
Modern state is a combination of
1)Ongoing inter-state competiton
shared identity
2)separation of social power ( ideological, economic, military, political)
3) Modern economic development
Industrial mode is hand in hand with
modern states
3 components of ag
domestication
cultivation
herding
Ag arose independently in XX sites around the word?
7
Why did ag develop?
population pressure + climate change
Why did ag displace H/G?
supports larger populations
6 Characteristics of Ag:
increased sendentism larger communities accumulation of welath greater social complexity technological change organized conflict
