"Does warfare make societies more complex?" Topic
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| Tango01 | 26 Nov 2022 9:16 p.m. PST |
Controversial study says yes
"War is hell. It breaks apart families, destroys natural resources, and drives humans to commit unspeakable acts of violence. Yet according to a new analysis of human history, war may also prod the evolution of certain kinds of complex societies. The twin developments of agriculture and military technology—especially cavalries and iron weapons—have predicted the rise of empires.
"I think they make a convincing case," says Robert Drennan, an archaeologist at the University of Pittsburgh who wasn't involved in the work. Yet he and others argue the study offers a rather limited look into how exactly these factors might have shaped societies. Scholars largely agree that agriculture was one of the major drivers of increasingly complex societies by allowing for bigger, more sedentary populations and divisions of labor. More contentious has been the role of strife…" Main page
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| Arjuna | 26 Nov 2022 10:56 p.m. PST |
Wait, does that mean Heraclitus the obscure was quite lucid about war? |
| Thresher01 | 27 Nov 2022 11:06 a.m. PST |
Competition improves the breed….. |
| Tango01 | 27 Nov 2022 4:00 p.m. PST |
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builds a pond for his campaign.