Agriculture, Nations, and Nation States
We will begin with a discussion of Hydraulic Civilizations who discovered how to use knowledge of seasonal weather and irrigation to create vast empires by virtue of armies of soldiers freed from farming. We will discuss empires and various theories regarding nations and nationalism. We will find that both are recent developments and are often in opposition.
We will discuss the clash of civilizations and wether war is the inevitable consequence of the emergence of nation states.
