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• 0:00

  Course Introduction

• 0:32

  Overview of Today's Topics

• 1:03

  Broad Historical Approaches

• 1:34

  Birth of Civilization

• 2:06

  Pre-Civilization Overview

• 2:37

  Paleolithic Society Characteristics

• 3:38

  Nomadic Lifestyle

• 4:09

  Egalitarian Structures

• 4:40

  Limited Trade

• 5:41

  Paleolithic Tools and Art

• 6:13

  Neolithic Revolution Begins

• 6:43

  Agricultural Transition

• 7:14

  Settlements and Domestication

• 7:44

  Surpluses and Cities

• 8:46

  Urbanization Effects

• 9:16

  Local Bartering and Markets

• 9:47

  Comparative Advantage

• 10:18

  Class Divisions Emerge

• 10:50

  Rise of Patriarchy

• 11:51

  Neolithic Settlements

• 12:54

  Privately Owned Property

• 13:27

  State Building

• 13:58

  Bartering System

• 14:58

  Wars for Capital

• 15:59

  Specialization of Labor

• 17:03

  Economic Elites

• 17:35

  Money vs Bartering

• 18:37

  Medium of Exchange

• 19:08

  Commodity and Fiat Money

• 19:38

  Beer as Currency

• 20:42

  Functions of Money

• 22:15

  Store of Value

• 23:47

  Questions on Money

• 25:24

  Bartering Duration

• 26:26

  Gold Standard History

• 28:05

  Bronze Age Overview

• 28:35

  Metallurgy and Trade

• 29:09

  Key Civilizations

• 29:39

  Bronze Age Collapse

• 30:09

  Sea People Invasions

• 31:44

  Earthquake Storms Theory

• 32:46

  Invasion Maps

• 33:47

  Discussion Question

• 34:19

  Neolithic Impact Opinion

• 35:29

  Paleolithic vs Neolithic

• 36:32

  Group Discussion Invite

• 37:34

  Positive and Negative Effects

• 39:05

  Economic vs Social Impacts

• 39:40

  Environmental Negatives

• 40:10

  Jared Diamond Article

• 41:13

  Supporting Articles

• 41:44

  Perspectives on Revolution

• 42:15

  Closing and Preview