WW Chapter 3

Civilizations and the Agricultural Revolution go hand in hand. Agricultural advancements meant societal advancements. Agricultural advancements allowed people to support large numbers. The resources from agriculture made cities possible. Cities served as places of worship, redistribution of food, laborers worked there and aristocrats helped run the city. 

After cities came up, social hierarchy arose. There were upper class people, a vast majority of commoners and at the very bottom there were slaves.

Most civilizations were run through a patriarchy. Patriarchy- A system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line. A system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it.