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[00:00.00]NARRATOR: Listen to part of a lecture in an anthropology class.
[00:04.46]FEMALE PROFESSOR: One of the big questions when we look at prehistory is: Why did the earliest states form? [00:10.43]Well, to begin we'd better define exactly what we mean when we talk about states. [00:15.22]Uh, the human groups that are the smallest and have the least social and political complexity we call "bands."[00:22.98]The groups that are the largest and most socially and politically complex we call "states."[00:30.67]So the level of complexity here refers to the organization of people into large, diverse groups and densely populated communities?
[00:39.58]and there are four levels in total: bands, tribes, chiefdoms, and states.[00:47.66]But-but back to my original question. [00:50.09]Why did early states form? [00:52.51] Why not just continue to live in small groups? [00:55.61]Why become more complex?
[00:58.46]One theory, called the "environmental approach" hypothesizes that the main force behind state formation was population growth. [01:09.48]It assumes that centralized management was critical to dealing with issues caused by sudden population surges, like a strain on limited food supplies.[01:20.75]At the least-complex end of the spectrum, the few families living in bands are able to meet their own basic needs. [01:28.40]They usually hunt, gather, and forage whatever foods are available to them, instead of domesticating animals and planting crops. [01:36.55]In order to efficiently take advantage of the wild foods available, bands are often nomadic, and move around following herds of animals. [01:45.43]This strategy is feasible when you have a small population.
[01:49.60]But when you have a large population, well, the whole population can't just get up and move to follow a wild herd of animals. [01:57.73] So you need sophisticated technologies to produce enough food for everyone. [02:03.09]And there is an increased need to resolve social problems that arise as people begin to compete for resources.[02:10.63]To manage intensified food production—to collect, store, and distribute food—you need centralized decision making ?centralized decision makers.
[02:21.09]It's the same thing when it comes to maintaining social order. [02:24.61]You need to create and efficiently enforce a formal legal code. [02:29.72]It makes sense to have a centralized authority in charge of that, right? [02:34.88] So a hierarchy forms. [02:37.24] By definition, states have at least three social levels: [02:41.30]usually an upper class of rulers, a middle class comprised of managers and merchants, and a lower class of craft producers and agricultural laborers.
[02:50.92]The environmental approach hypothesizes that states appear in certain environmental settings—settings which have a severe population problem or a shortage of agricultural land. [03:03.51]But not everyone agrees with the theory. [03:07.13]It definitely has some weaknesses.
[03:09.40]For example, states have developed in places like the Maya lowlands of Mesoamerica, and in Egypt's Nile River valley. [03:17.40]Both places had vast areas of fertile farmland—no shortage of agricultural land. [03:23.61]And what about population increase? [03:26.03]Well, there were some early states that formed where there wasn't any sudden population increase. [03:32.16] So it seems that these are valid criticisms of the environmental approach.

2.According to the professor,what are two typical characteristics of a band? [Click on 2 answers.]

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At the least complex end of the spectrum, the few families living in bands are able to meet their own basic needs. 首先,教授说的分类要听清楚,A 选项就可以选出来了再来,教授问了一堆问题之后,提出了一个理论,然后开始解释,At the least complex end of the spectrum,这句话出现之后,重点来了。教授说最不复杂的也就是 bands,他们比较少的家 庭能够满足他们基本需求。D选项也成为了答案

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