First Civilizations. Part 2
Description
Religion examines the power of a shared belief system, which serves as the social glue to unify a population within a single state. Nowhere was this truer than in Ancient Egypt - still the world’s longest lasting civilization - which depended for its stability on the god-like status of its rulers.
Runtime
53 min 46 sec
Series
Subjects
- Ethnology (238)
- Anthropology (232)
- Civilization, Ancient (344)
- Comparative economics (20)
- World history (1846)
- Social systems (55)
Database
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