1. Society and Culture

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, 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 A shared perception of reality Commonly known as Commonly known as “Commonly known as” “Commonly known as” Common sense Common sense “They say” “They say” “Everybody knows” “Everybody knows”

3. Why bother with societies and cultures? Humans are weak Humans are weak Societies are mutual support pacts Societies are mutual support pacts

4. Let’s build a society An individual An individual Two people Two people More than two… More than two… Or twenty… Or twenty… Or twenty million Or twenty million 1 st purpose of a society: reduce friction between people in the society 1 st purpose of a society: reduce friction between people in the society 2 nd purpose: separate one society from others 2 nd purpose: separate one society from others

5. Early Human Culture Small groups of around 25 Gatherer/huntersNomadic Limited possessions more permanent settlements Became tribes xenophobia

6. End of the Ice Age About 12,000 BCE About 12,000 BCE The high grasslands began to dry out The high grasslands began to dry out Tribes migrated down into the river valleys looking for food Tribes migrated down into the river valleys looking for food Tigris/Euphrates Tigris/Euphrates Indus Indus Yellow Yellow Nile Nile

7. The first great change

8. Domestication of animals

9. Irrigation

11. Canals

12. Fields

14. Granary

15. Pharaoh

16. Pyramid of Zoser

17. The Torah

20. Class and Clothing

22. Chinese Fingernail Shields

24. Jocks vs. Nerds

26. Weighing the Heart

30. Ramses II

31. Queen Hatshepsut

33. Nazis

35. Soviets

36. Sparta vs. Athens

37. Rome vs. everybody

38. War of the Roses

39. English Civil War

40. American Revolution

41. French Revolution

42. American Civil War

43. Inquisition

44. Women’s Suffrage

45. Civil Rights

46. Timothy McVeigh / John Allen Muhammad / Aileen Wuornos

47. James von Brunn; Scott Roeder; Jim David Adkisson

48. Anders Behring Breivik