Jiaguwen, or Oracle Bone Script
A weak central government with most power at the state and local levels.
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Early civilizations were often unified by religion—a system of beliefs and behaviors that deal with the meaning of existence. As more and more people shared the same set of beliefs and practices, people who did not know each other could find common ground and build mutual trust and respect.
It was typical for politics and religion to be strongly connected. In some cases, political leaders also acted as religious leaders. In other cases, religious leaders were different from the political rulers but still worked to justify and support the power of the political leaders. In Ancient Egypt, for example, the kings—later called pharaohs—practiced divine kingship, claiming to be representatives, or even human incarnations, of gods.
Both political and religious organization helped to create and reinforce social hierarchies, which are clear distinctions in status between individual people and between different groups. Political leaders could make decisions that impacted entire societies, such as whether to go to war. Religious leaders gained special status since they alone could communicate between a society and its god or gods.
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The clause “that which was the most sad and lamentable” is build upon the idea of the chapter title “The Starving Time” because one of the reasons why half the population died was because they were starving for not just food but basic comforts like shelter and warmth.
Bradford is referring to the death of half of the pilgrims due to winter, starvation, and diseases.
The mood of the chapter is somber and tragic which is in direct contrast to the energetic mood at the start of Chapter 9. Chapter 9 starts with “In sundry of these storms, the winds were so fierce...but were forced to hull for divers days together”. Although in both the instances they are struggling and refuse to give up, the mood in the latter is less hopeful.
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