1. Society and Culture
Dr. Jayesh Patidar
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2. What is a society?
 a shared, learned, symbolic system of values,
beliefs and attitudes that shapes and influences
perception and behavior -- an abstract "mental
blueprint" or "mental code."
 A shared perception of reality
 Commonly known as
 “Commonly known as”
 Common sense
 “They say”
 “Everybody knows”
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3. Why bother with societies and
cultures?
 Humans are weak
 Societies are mutual support pacts
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4. Let’s build a society
 An individual
 Two people
 More than two…
 Or twenty…
Or twenty million
 1st purpose of a society: reduce friction between
people in the society
 2nd purpose: separate one society from others
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5. Early Human Culture
Small groups of around 25
Gatherer/hunters
Nomadic
Limited possessions
more permanent settlements
Became tribes
xenophobia
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6. End of the Ice Age
 About 12,000 BCE
 The high grasslands began to dry out
 Tribes migrated down into the river valleys
looking for food
 Tigris/Euphrates
 Indus
 Yellow
 Nile
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7. The first great change
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8. Domestication of animals
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9. Irrigation
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11. Canals
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12. Fields
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14. Granary
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15. Pharaoh
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16. Pyramid of Zoser
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17. The Torah
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20. Class and Clothing
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21. Class and Clothing
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22. Chinese Fingernail Shields
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24. Jocks vs. Nerds
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26. Weighing the Heart
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30. Ramses II
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31. Queen Hatshepsut
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33. Nazis
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35. Soviets
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36. Sparta vs. Athens
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37. Rome vs. everybody
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38. War of the Roses
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39. English Civil War
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40. American Revolution
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41. French Revolution
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42. American Civil War
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43. Inquisition
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44. Women’s Suffrage
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45. Civil Rights
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46. Timothy McVeigh / John Allen
Muhammad / Aileen Wuornos
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47. James von Brunn; Scott Roeder; Jim
David Adkisson
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48. Anders Behring Breivik
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51. Thank you
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