Egypt vs Indus Civilization Part 1

[jpahmad]

Hey everyone, I've been doing research on the workings of the Egyptian state and how centralized planning and resource allocation by the ruling elite negatively effected the stability of first period Egypt.  I am going to be comparing this to the Indus Valley Civilization and how they were able to self-organize into a technologically sophisticated civilization (relative to the time) without the apparatus of the state and in the absence of any significant social hierarchy.  

 

Hopefully this will be useful to those of you who hear the argument that "there has always been a state" or "you can't have complex civilization without rulers."  Any feedback would be awesome.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVmpG08g4-w&feature=youtu.be

[Crallask]

Feedback?

 

I wasn't aware we had a surplus of people who have an excess of knowledge in the Indus Valley civilizations or Ancient Egypt

[Susana]

Suggesting people cannot live without Rulers, is like suggesting animals cannot live without farmers.