Mesopotamia and the Emergence of the Hydraulic State: When Water Shapes Power
Did you know that the mastery of irrigation in Mesopotamia as early as 3500 BCE gave rise to the first centralized states? Wittfogel’s concept of the "hydraulic state" shows how water imposed bureaucracy and hierarchy at the heart of the earliest civilizations. #History #Mesopotamia #HydraulicState Mesopotamia and the Hydraulic State: Water as a Source of PowerMesopotamia, the cradle of…
