First States (6:29)
Key Ideas
As this video progresses, key ideas will be introduced to invoke discussion.
Key Ideas
Think about the following questions as you watch the video
- 00:48 According to Merry Wiesner-Hanks, where and when did states first emerge?
- 01:44 According to Urmi Willoughby and Merry Wiesner-Hanks, what are some features of a state?
- 02:23 According to Wiesner-Hanks, what kind of states were the first states in Sumer?
- 03:30 What evidence does Willoughby use to justify the argument that Cahokia and Moundville were states?
- 04:32 Does Willoughby think states were forced on people, or does she think people worked together to build states?
- 06:17 What do the two scholars think of the idea that states need collective imagination?