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- By counting the days between Nile floods , the Egyptians developed a calendar .
Farmers dig ditches
Nile water reaches the fields
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Digging needs many hands
people must work together
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Local government grows — an administrative class rises
About 5000 years ago
Farmers discover that by DIGGING DITCHES they can turn
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Digging ditches and building dams
needs MANY PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER (collective effort)
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These early cooperative efforts lead to
the growth of LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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Rise of the ADMINISTRATIVE CLASS
the officials who run things
- Collective effort means many people working together. Administrative class means the officials who run things.
Main point: a big shared job forces people to organise themselves. Government grew out of digging ditches.
