Political Globalization
By Prof. Jet T. Castillo
This is a long lesson, let’s divide it in 4 parts:
1. From Patriarchy to Monarchy
2. From Monarchy to the Rise of Democracy and Communism
3. The Great Rivalry: Democracy vs Communism
4. The Post-Cold War World
Part 1:
From Patriarchy to Monarchy
How the Nomadic Societies evolved into
City-States, Kingdoms, and Empires
PRIMITIVE TIMES
In the beginning…
•Nomadic families and clans
•Hunting and gathering
•Decisions made by head of the clan
•Patriarchy
AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION
Then the people learned AGRICULTURE
•Agricultural Revolution
•Domestication of animals (instead of hunting)
•Cultivation of crops (instead of gathering)
Then the people learned AGRICULTURE
•Clans settled beside rivers
•Mesopotamia, Nile, Indus, Huang-Ho
•Permanent settlements (no longer nomadic)
•People built cities beside the great rivers
ANCIENT TIMES
•Rise of City-States, Kingdoms, and Empires
Rise of “City–States”
•Cities governed by a powerful person whom the people acknowledge
as their political leader
•Leaders protect their people and the city-state from raiders and rival
city-states
•The Leader is a strong man–of-war
Rise of Kingdoms
•City-states evolved into kingdoms
•Formation of social classes
•Leader’s clan became the top class, the nobility
•Monarchy established: inherited leadership
•Taxation began
Rise of Empires
•Kingdoms invade other kingdoms
