As the spread of civilization increased so did the spread of laws, governing bodies, armies, and religions. In last week's class, we spoke about the surplus. When there is a growth in surplus that means there is now more time for the people to do more. The more surplus of items, the more people want to continue with the wave of wanting more and more. This is when it seems that greed sets in and people become much more territorial. Gone are the days of living only with what is needed to survive. On the plus side, this does lead to the path of civilization of today's world and with that people have the chance to do more; that means that they now can focus on creating more art, education, and the protection of their growing population. Strayer has an interesting way of speaking about the globalization of civilization.
"Each of the new third-wave civilizations was, of course, culturally unique, but like their
predecessors of the first and second waves, they too featured states, cities, specialized economic
roles, sharp class, and gender inequalities, and other elements of "civilized" life." (Strayer, pg
308).
The quotes around the word civilized is interesting. It goes to show that even though we are becoming more "civilized" with the arts, laws, armies, and education; we are becoming more unequal between the sexes and between the classes. This shift in the societies of that time, thousands of years ago, has caused for the unending fight that we still have in today's society. That is what is so interesting, that an idea created by a group of people thousands of years ago, is something that still effects societies today.
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