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INTRODUCTION
THE URBAN SOCIETY
THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
THE URBAN SOCIETY
I. The Urban Society
1. From Pre-History to Proto-History
Rene Hirsch
Mar 25, 2020
1.1 From Chiefdoms to the Urban Revolution
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded in the history of mankind…
Rene Hirsch
Mar 26, 2020
1.2 Demographic Growth and Integration
Demographic growth played a crucial role in strengthening the chief’s authority, since chiefdoms allowed the integration of strangers into…
Rene Hirsch
Mar 31, 2020
1.3 The New Procreative Credo
The Chalcolithic sees a complete reversal of the economic and social position of men and women: the primordial function and status that…
Rene Hirsch
Apr 3, 2020
2. The Urban Revolution
In the course of a few millennia, the Urban Revolution leads us from the abandoned villages at the end of the Neolithic, characterized by…
Rene Hirsch
Apr 5, 2020
2.1 Urbanization and Power
The term of “Urban Revolution” by no means exaggerates the size and importance of the transformations that take place, first of all, with…
Rene Hirsch
Apr 7, 2020
2.2 Kingdoms and Empires
With the spatial organization of urban populations, a social structure arises that, for the first time, introduces the notion of State…
Rene Hirsch
Apr 9, 2020
2.3 Expansion and Slavery
Conquests blended these populations as never before. The ethnic and linguistic homogeneity of the lineages and clans, and the secured…
Rene Hirsch
Apr 13, 2020
3. The Masculine Paradigm
While the period that stretches from the chiefdoms to the late empires of Antiquity establishes the hierarchical domination of the…
Rene Hirsch
Apr 14, 2020
3.1 The Codes of Law
With the exception of the code of Ur-nammu dated 2,200, most codes of laws that have been found are from the beginning of the second…
Rene Hirsch
Apr 14, 2020
3.2 Sexual Offenses and Gender Roles
The codes of laws distinguish three sorts of sexual infractions: rape, fornication, which includes prostitution, and incest.
Rene Hirsch
Apr 16, 2020
3.3 Ancestor Cults
After the discovery of paternity put an end to the procreative function of the spirits, the role they played in the relationship between…
Rene Hirsch
Apr 19, 2020
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