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    This document provides a high-level overview of human societies and culture from prehistoric times to modern eras. It discusses that a society is a shared system of values, beliefs and attitudes that influence behavior. Early human culture consisted of small nomadic groups of 25 people that later became more permanent tribes. As the last ice age ended around 12,000 BCE, tribes migrated to river valleys for food and the first major cultural developments occurred, including the domestication of animals, irrigation, use of canals and fields, and the rise of rulers like pharaohs who built structures like the pyramids. Societies continued developing and differentiating over millennia through developments in religion, government, social classes, technology and warfare between

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    This document provides a high-level overview of human societies and culture from prehistoric times to modern eras. It discusses that a society is a shared system of values, beliefs and attitudes that influence behavior. Early human culture consisted of small nomadic groups of 25 people that later became more permanent tribes. As the last ice age ended around 12,000 BCE, tribes migrated to river valleys for food and the first major cultural developments occurred, including the domestication of animals, irrigation, use of canals and fields, and the rise of rulers like pharaohs who built structures like the pyramids. Societies continued developing and differentiating over millennia through developments in religion, government, social classes, technology and warfare between

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    This document provides a high-level overview of human societies and culture from prehistoric times to modern eras. It discusses that a society is a shared system of values, beliefs and attitudes that influence behavior. Early human culture consisted of small nomadic groups of 25 people that later became more permanent tribes. As the last ice age ended around 12,000 BCE, tribes migrated to river valleys for food and the first major cultural developments occurred, including the domestication of animals, irrigation, use of canals and fields, and the rise of rulers like pharaohs who built structures like the pyramids. Societies continued developing and differentiating over millennia through developments in religion, government, social classes, technology and warfare between

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    Society and Culture

    Lesson 2
    What is a society?
    a shared, learned, symbolic system of values,
    beliefs and attitudes that shapes and influences
    perception and behavior -- an abstract "mental
    blueprint" or "mental code."
    A shared perception of reality
    Commonly known as
    Commonly known as
    Common sense
    They say
    Everybody knows
    Why bother with societies and
    cultures?
    Humans are weak
    Societies are mutual support pacts
    Lets build a society
    An individual
    Two people
    More than two
    Or twenty
    Or twenty million
    1st purpose of a society: reduce friction between
    people in the society
    2nd purpose: separate one society from others
    Early Human Culture
    Small groups of around 25
    Gatherer/hunters
    Nomadic
    Limited possessions
    more permanent settlements
    Became tribes
    xenophobia
    End of the Ice Age
    About 12,000 BCE
    The high grasslands began to dry out
    Tribes migrated down into the river valleys looking
    for food
    Tigris/Euphrates
    Indus
    Yellow
    Nile
    The first great change
    Domestication of animals
    Irrigation
    Canals
    Fields
    Granary
    Pharaoh
    Pyramid of Zoser
    The Torah
    Class and Clothing
    Class and Clothing
    Chinese Fingernail Shields
    Weighing the Heart
    Ramses II
    Queen Hatshepsut
    Nazis
    Soviets
    Sparta vs. Athens
    Rome vs. everybody
    War of the Roses
    English Civil War
    American Revolution
    French Revolution
    American Civil War
    Inquisition
    Womens Suffrage
    Civil Rights

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