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043 - Government & Cultural Centralization
Manage episode 377959864 series 3425702
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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- Centralization
- Definition
- the action or process of bringing activities together in one place.
- the concentration of control of an activity or organization under a single authority.
- Definition
- Hunter-gatherers, state of nature
- Any higher centralization requires some level of political organization
- Early Empires
- Rome similar but specific example China
- Standardized writing system:
- Standardized systems of weights and measures:
- Standardized currency:
- Network of roads and canals:
- Great Wall of China:
- Rome similar but specific example China
- After Roman Empire collapses the next thing I want to concentrate on is the modern era, beginning with the era of “absolutism”
- Feudalism in Europe was decentralized
- Phillip II of Spain
- He established the Royal Printing Office in Madrid in 1566
- Established the Tercios
- Professional Army under Spain specifically
- Rather than feudal levies
- Standardized, highly effective
- He built new roads and canals to connect different parts of Spain and to facilitate the movement of troops and supplies.
- Physical location very important
- China, Rome, USA, always important, speed matters
- He expanded the Spanish bureaucracy and created new government departments
- Always
- Replaces feudalism
- Put loyal people in those positions
- #patronage
- He established a postal service that linked Madrid to all major Spanish cities
- With new roads, postal service allows control of larger area, utilize those roads, make information reliable and control
- All only possible with marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella of Castile in 1469
- Leads into Spain
- Modern era
- All the centralization in the modern era mirrors the past
- Railroads allowed for even faster transportation
- Telegraph for faster information transfer
- Ship technology faster transport
- Regional languages disappear as people are incentivized to speak the most economically viable language
- Post-Modern and the future
- That brings us to today
- Internet is an insane force
- Lifestyle centralization
- People in Namibia, Indonesia, Myanmar can see life in the upper classes of North America, Europe, East Asia, Middle Easst
- Globalism and the New World Order
Discord:
https://discord.gg/KhJgpMj6Jj
Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/IllegitimateScholar
Audio Podcast:
https://pod.link/1650280020
Twitter.com:
https://twitter.com/ill_scholar
Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRH77S0fVLmAZU4xLnAxuvw
91 episodes
Manage episode 377959864 series 3425702
Centralization of political authority and how it happens over time to today. Early Humans. Roman/Chinese Empire. Early Modern. Modern. Post-Modern.
Discord:
https://discord.gg/KhJgpMj6Jj
Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/IllegitimateScholar
Audio Podcast:
https://pod.link/1650280020
Twitter.com:
https://twitter.com/ill_scholar
Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRH77S0fVLmAZU4xLnAxuvw
- Centralization
- Definition
- the action or process of bringing activities together in one place.
- the concentration of control of an activity or organization under a single authority.
- Definition
- Hunter-gatherers, state of nature
- Any higher centralization requires some level of political organization
- Early Empires
- Rome similar but specific example China
- Standardized writing system:
- Standardized systems of weights and measures:
- Standardized currency:
- Network of roads and canals:
- Great Wall of China:
- Rome similar but specific example China
- After Roman Empire collapses the next thing I want to concentrate on is the modern era, beginning with the era of “absolutism”
- Feudalism in Europe was decentralized
- Phillip II of Spain
- He established the Royal Printing Office in Madrid in 1566
- Established the Tercios
- Professional Army under Spain specifically
- Rather than feudal levies
- Standardized, highly effective
- He built new roads and canals to connect different parts of Spain and to facilitate the movement of troops and supplies.
- Physical location very important
- China, Rome, USA, always important, speed matters
- He expanded the Spanish bureaucracy and created new government departments
- Always
- Replaces feudalism
- Put loyal people in those positions
- #patronage
- He established a postal service that linked Madrid to all major Spanish cities
- With new roads, postal service allows control of larger area, utilize those roads, make information reliable and control
- All only possible with marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella of Castile in 1469
- Leads into Spain
- Modern era
- All the centralization in the modern era mirrors the past
- Railroads allowed for even faster transportation
- Telegraph for faster information transfer
- Ship technology faster transport
- Regional languages disappear as people are incentivized to speak the most economically viable language
- Post-Modern and the future
- That brings us to today
- Internet is an insane force
- Lifestyle centralization
- People in Namibia, Indonesia, Myanmar can see life in the upper classes of North America, Europe, East Asia, Middle Easst
- Globalism and the New World Order
Discord:
https://discord.gg/KhJgpMj6Jj
Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/IllegitimateScholar
Audio Podcast:
https://pod.link/1650280020
Twitter.com:
https://twitter.com/ill_scholar
Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRH77S0fVLmAZU4xLnAxuvw
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