The Grain Cage (HSG 2)

The radical transformation of human civilization is traced to the adoption of storable cereal grains, which triggered the rise of the first coercive states. The “Grain Cage” made possible taxation, standing armies, and patriarchal hierarchies. However, nomadic and tribal cultures remained robust and dominant throughout most of the world. Particular attention is given to technologies of horse and wheel among the nomads alongside the rise of the archaic agrarian empires.

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