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Doesn't civilization just literally mean a system of living together in a city? There doesn't need to be any written record of how they did it does there, just
by readthenotes1 1mo ago
Doesn't civilization just literally mean a system of living together in a city? There doesn't need to be any written record of how they did it does there, just evidence that they did?
- xhevahir 1mo agoWhat counts as a city? Anyway, we're talking about a concept involving family resemblances rather than an airtight set of sufficient-and-necessary conditions.
- mc32 1mo agoUrbanization is one qualifier but not the only one. Plus even today we could have such chaos in a town where laws are absent and justice is that dispensed by the strongman/woman warlord and that would hardly be considered civilization. Uncivilized does not mean stupid or brutes.
- conartist6 1mo ago> Uncivilized does not mean stupid or brutes. Yet the presence of gathering places certainly does suggest civility! A warlord could command the cooperation necessary perhaps, but would have little reason to build that structure rather than walls and towers
- DyslexicAtheist 1mo ago> strongman/woman warlord any examples of women warlords ? I'm interested because both gendering and not gendering that sentence would upset feminists and I can't tell if this is trolling or whether more thought went into why gendering felt like the safe bet here.
- nephihaha 1mo agoBoudicca. Joan of Arc. Grace O' Malley. There are some others.
- bryanlarsen 1mo agoBoudica comes to mind, I'm sure there are other notables.
- NuclearPM 1mo agoWhy would either upset feminists? Have you ever talked to a feminist?
- andsoitis 1mo ago> any examples of women warlords Standout for me: Ching Shih (China, 1775–1844), Njinga of Ndongo and Matamba (Angola, c. 1583–1663), Zenobia (Palmyrene Empire, 3rd century CE), Trưng Trắc and Trưng Nhị (Vietnam, 1st century CE), Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians (England, c. 870–918). Some honorable mentions: Boudica, Khutulun, Rani Lakshmibai, Grace O’Malley.
- andsoitis 1mo ago> Doesn't civilization just literally mean a system of living together in a city? The classic checklist definition is: cities, writing, centralized state, agriculture, social stratification with rulers.