I find it amazing how historians don't ever focus on smaller civilizations because according to the book, their impact pushed for better arcitecture and better societies. There were many other Civilizations that existed, not as big as the Roman Empire but were able to have flourishing nations because of it. In Africa it was ssurprising to see life spread out over three major regions but then I had to remember that life would have only been sustainable for long periods of time in more tropical regions. It was impressive to read about how they were able to carry on such successful nations based soley on being in the hub of trade. However it became dissappointing that deforestation led to the demise of these prospering small societies. In the Americas Mayans made the best out of the little they had and developed the most advanced and complex citties and buildings at the time. Being the founder and reason for mathematics (gee thanks) and the first forms of solar calendars, I expected mayan civilizations to have more political structure in the form of a central government. But as architectually advanced as they were there was no central power among the "city states". Most went to war with one another and sacrified each other which I found strange.
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