Topic ID #38853 - posted 10/15/2017 3:30 PM
rkeyo
Moderator
Over the past 50 years, though, more and more cracks have appeared in this picture. We now know settled agriculture existed for several thousand years before the emergence of the city states of the Near East and Asia. In the past few years, archaeologists have been stunned to find 11,000-year-old structures such as those at Göbekli Tepe, in what is now southern Turkey. These were built by peoples who foraged, and who also developed specialised skills, both artistic and artisanal.
The real roots of early city states may rip up the textbooks
rkeyo
Moderator
THE emergence of state authority was a logical consequence of the move
to settled agriculture, or so we thought. Until recently, we also
assumed that ancient peoples welcomed the advantages of this way of life
as well as the growth of state leadership, since it was key to the
development of culture, crafts and civil order.
Over the past 50 years, though, more and more cracks have appeared in this picture. We now know settled agriculture existed for several thousand years before the emergence of the city states of the Near East and Asia. In the past few years, archaeologists have been stunned to find 11,000-year-old structures such as those at Göbekli Tepe, in what is now southern Turkey. These were built by peoples who foraged, and who also developed specialised skills, both artistic and artisanal.
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