Illegitimate Scholar

043 - Government & Cultural Centralization


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Centralization of political authority and how it happens over time to today. Early Humans. Roman/Chinese Empire. Early Modern. Modern. Post-Modern.

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  1. Centralization
    1. Definition
      1. the action or process of bringing activities together in one place.
      2. the concentration of control of an activity or organization under a single authority.
  2. Hunter-gatherers, state of nature
  3. Any higher centralization requires some level of political organization
  4. Early Empires
    1. Rome similar but specific example China
      1. Standardized writing system: 
      2. Standardized systems of weights and measures: 
      3. Standardized currency: 
      4. Network of roads and canals: 
      5. Great Wall of China:
  5. After Roman Empire collapses the next thing I want to concentrate on is the modern era, beginning with the era of “absolutism”
    1. Feudalism in Europe was decentralized
  6. Phillip II of Spain
    1. He established the Royal Printing Office in Madrid in 1566
  7. Established the Tercios
    1. Professional Army under Spain specifically
    2. Rather than feudal levies
    3. Standardized, highly effective
  8. He built new roads and canals to connect different parts of Spain and to facilitate the movement of troops and supplies.
    1. Physical location very important
    2. China, Rome, USA, always important, speed matters
  9. He expanded the Spanish bureaucracy and created new government departments
    1. Always
    2. Replaces feudalism
    3. Put loyal people in those positions
      1. #patronage
  10. He established a postal service that linked Madrid to all major Spanish cities
    1. With new roads, postal service allows control of larger area, utilize those roads, make information reliable and control
  11. All only possible with marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella of Castile in 1469
    1. Leads into Spain
  12. Modern era
    1. All the centralization in the modern era mirrors the past
    2. Railroads allowed for even faster transportation
    3. Telegraph for faster information transfer
    4. Ship technology faster transport
    5. Regional languages disappear as people are incentivized to speak the most economically viable language
  13. Post-Modern and the future
    1. That brings us to today
    2. Internet is an insane force
  14. Lifestyle centralization
    1. People in Namibia, Indonesia, Myanmar can see life in the upper classes of North America, Europe, East Asia, Middle Easst
  15. Globalism and the New World Order


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