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How Did Civilizations in the Andes Deal with Environmental Upheaval? Interview with Professor Jason Nesbitt

Tides of History

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What's the Difference Between Hierarchical and Decentralized?

Even when looking at more recent periods, it's really easy to flatten out the complexity of how society has actually worked. Peasants have their own ways of organizing themselves and relating to various levels of power above them. Nobiles are not automatically subject to what the king wants to do. There's a lot of different competing factors that go into making that one society work on a day to day basis.

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