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Rethinking Civilization (Crash Course)
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The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast​. Asia by James Scott.

Rethinking Civilization (Crash Course)
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1. What do food surpluses lead to?

2. Mr Scott believes people run to the hills and go hide out there for what reason?

3. What does James Scott think about the belief that 'Hill people' are primitive and barbarians?

4. Why might it be easy to start a civilization near river valleys?

5. The Ancient Chinese government saw barbarians as what?

6. What are the three big early river valley civilizations?

7. The power of the state is found primary in what two things?

8. Zomia is on what continent?

9. What is the main argument about Hill people in this episode of crash course?