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Chapter 2146: Please vote for me!!! Please vote for me!!!

Chapter 2146: Please vote for me!!! Please vote for me!!!

Gol didn't care about Ancient One at all. He was overwhelmed by anger and surprise... He had no choice. Kai and Thor had the aura he hated the most, the gods! At the same time, their outbursts also surprised him.

In Gel's view, gods are just a group of incompetent and vicious beings!

There was no way, all he saw were these expensive things, he couldn't do anything with them, and nothing was left after eating them!

In order to satisfy the gods' requirements for sacrifices, they were a small tribe, and the most difficult time was before each sacrifice. They had to prepare enough sacrifices. Where did the sacrifices come from? Otherwise, they would go and rob other tribes, whether it was food, drinks or human sacrifices, it would be fine!

What if I can’t win the fight?

In fact, on the planet of Ger, there has never been a powerful tribe or regime to establish a country or a super-large political entity!

You know, it's been a long time since the birth of intelligent life on Ger's planet, at least comparable to humans. (In the Marvel Universe, humans are not alone)

Take Earth, for example. The emergence of civilization is one of the most fascinating and complex phenomena in human history. While some might argue that the development of civilization was inevitable given the right conditions, others argue that it was simply accidental, the result of a combination of lucky circumstances. Admittedly, the emergence of civilization was not inevitable. In fact, the vast majority of human history has been characterized by a nomadic lifestyle and small, scattered communities. For tens of thousands of years, humans wandered the Earth, searching for food and shelter, surviving on instinct and basic tools. So, what changed? How did we go from hunter-gatherers to building towering cities and creating complex social systems? One theory is that the emergence of human civilization was an accident. This view holds that it was a random event due to a combination of favorable environmental factors, such as a stable climate, abundant resources, and access to water. Under these conditions, early humans were able to settle in one place and develop agriculture, which led to the growth of settlements and, eventually, the development of civilization.

However, others believe that the emergence of civilization was inevitable. According to this view, humans have a natural drive to create order and structure in their environment. As our cognitive abilities evolved, so did our ability to innovate and create. Eventually, humans developed the technology and social organization necessary to create complex societies.

While both views have their merits, the truth probably lies somewhere in between. It is undeniable that the emergence of civilization is the result of a complex interaction of biological, geological, and social factors. The fact that it occurred on Earth, and not on any other planet in our solar system, suggests that unique conditions existed here that allowed its development. In the end, the question of whether the emergence of civilization on Earth was accidental or inevitable may not be as important as what we can learn from it. The development of civilization has enabled us to accomplish incredible feats, from exploring the farthest reaches of space to unlocking the secrets of the universe. But it has also led to many of the challenges we face today, such as environmental degradation, difficulties in living, and so on.

Civilization is the product of human society at a certain stage of development. It is marked by the invention of writing, the establishment of monogamous families and the emergence of classes. It is the form and state of existence of human beings or forms that have reached a level of wisdom. It refers to all forms of existence with a high cultural level. Civilization is the concrete manifestation of the ideas and concepts gradually formed by human beings in the process of understanding and transforming the world and the evolving human nature. It is a phenomenon that began to appear after human beings began to live in groups and social division of labor and specialization appeared, and the embryonic form of human society was basically formed. It is a product based on a relatively rich material foundation and is also a basic attribute of human society. Civilization is a special stage in the history of human development. It is a stage in which human beings further separated from the primitive and barbaric state after they separated from the animal kingdom. How do we judge it from the perspective of archaeology? Archaeology discovers and studies ancient material remains. Now we mainly rely on archaeology to prove the origin of civilization, so we need to find the signs of civilization in archaeology. This is not only a problem of Chinese archaeology, but also a common problem of world archaeology. Regarding the standards of civilization in archaeology, there are some commonly accepted standards internationally. These standards were proposed by foreign scholars in their archaeological work. Whether they are completely suitable for China's situation certainly requires further consideration. However, to this day, our domestic academic circles still use such standards.

I would like to introduce to you how these standards came about. These standards became popular because of a very popular book. This book was published in 1968. The author, Glenn Daniel, is a British scholar who has long served as the head of the Department of Archaeology at Cambridge University. He mainly studies European archaeology, and he also studies the history of archaeology. He has served as the chairman of the World Conference on the History of Archaeology. He wrote a book called "The First Civilization", with the subtitle "The Archaeology of the Origin of Civilization". Although the book is very short, it is very popular and has become a must-read for archaeology students in Western countries. It is not only published in the UK, but also in some places such as the United States. It is this book that popularized the civilization standards commonly used in archaeology to the world. In fact, these standards were not proposed by Daniel. If we read his book carefully, we will know that this was proposed at a seminar held by the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago in 1958. The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago is very authoritative in the study of Near Eastern archaeology and history. At that time, the institute held an "Academic Seminar on the Origin of Near Eastern Civilization". At the meeting, there was a scholar named Clark Hohn, who proposed three standards of civilization. Later, Daniel supplemented it and it was popularized throughout the world through the book "The First Civilization".

What are these three criteria? The first criterion is that there must be a city. That is, there should be a city in the excavated ruins. If they are all primitive small settlements, it will not work. There must be a city, that is, there must be a contrast and difference between cities and villages. This standard also has a quantitative limit. A city must be able to accommodate a population of more than 5,000 people. The second condition is writing. It is difficult to imagine a civilization without writing, because without the invention of writing, the accumulation of human thoughts and culture cannot be preserved and spread. The third condition is to have complex ritual buildings. What is a complex ritual building? Simply put, it is a building that is not built for general living needs, but is specially built for religious, political or economic reasons. For example, the pyramids in ancient Egypt, anyone who visits, stands in front of the pyramids, and faces the Sphinx will feel that this is a civilization, which is fine. You can't say it is primitive, or in a state of ignorance and barbarism, because the pyramids are tombs. If it is only for general needs, there is no need to build such a large building anyway. It was built because it was to respect the pharaoh and make the pharaoh's spirit live forever. This represents the class differentiation and rule in the civilized era.

The three criteria for civilization in archaeology summarized by Kluckhohn and popularized by Daniel are these three. They say that since there is very little information left from the ancient times, only two are enough, and of the two, writing is indispensable. With writing and the other, it can be considered a civilized society.

This view spread to the East, and scholars in both Japan and China felt that it was a little insufficient, and proposed that it would be better to add one more point, that is, the invention and use of metallurgy. Now in our country, metallurgy is generally considered to be a standard, so we have four standards. Of course, whether these standards are really suitable for the historical conditions of ancient China, I think it can be discussed and studied in the future.

But on the planet where Gel is, so many years have passed, and the corresponding civilization has not yet developed.

They are still a tribe, with no written language, and no complex ceremonial buildings, if altars are counted.

But the strange thing is that everyone on Gel's planet speaks the same language... This is very strange. Of course, when Gel was still a tribesman, he never thought there was anything wrong with this... Of course, the biggest possibility is that he has never seen people from farther away.

The relationship between them and other tribes is always like hunters hiding in a dark forest.

They would shoot each other when they saw each other, so there was little opportunity for communication between tribes except for war. When the tribes were strong, they would look for other tribes and rob them. When they were weak, they would avoid being hunted by others.

This was originally the norm. Although Gel thought it was cruel before, he didn't find it strange. After all, everyone was like this. Since it was the norm, he could only endure it, just like everyone knew that it was hot in the summer, so there was no better way except to avoid the sun. But until he came to the universe, he realized that this was abnormal, very abnormal!

The civilizations on other planets have their own civilizations and countries. Although some people suffer from wars, most of them can still enjoy a peaceful life. They do not need to starve or even lose their lives at any time in order to offer sacrifices to the gods. When the tribe was weak, they could not collect more food, nor did they have the ability to rob other tribes, so they could only take the risk of hunting those ferocious animals... The gods looked down on those weak animals.

But what about people on other planets? They won’t do that. Even if they believe in gods, they won’t give their own food rations to the so-called gods!

Only they, only those worlds ruled by the Pantheon, are like this.

Later, he investigated and found that everything they had experienced was intentional by the gods. They did not want mortals to be stable and prosperous because a prosperous civilization would destroy the foundation of faith and cause people to no longer believe in the gods wholeheartedly.

Only disaster and death can make mortals focus on going to heaven!

After all, life is too tiring, so they hope to go to heaven and enjoy happiness after death!

They are afraid that mortals will become powerful, because powerful mortals will be confused and curious about why gods are gods and mortals can only be mortals. They will explore the secrets of gods and even do things that gods cannot tolerate.

Simply put, they fear the power of mortals.

Just like many, many years ago, a group of immortals drove the gods out of the earth for the sake of mortals, and they are afraid that this will happen again. What if mortals become powerful, no longer afraid of the gods, and rebel against them?

From that time on, Gel saw through the weakness and powerlessness of those so-called gods!

They are actually afraid of mortals like them... What kind of gods are they?

Then facts proved time and time again that his argument was so damn correct!

These guys are really no good, they are rubbish. Once they are really close to death, they are not even as good as the tribesmen who have been running around in fear to offer sacrifices to the gods. You know, due to the lack of sacrifices, many old people chose to die on their own initiative in order to leave more food, or simply went to the altar and sacrificed themselves to let the tribesmen survive!

But those so-called gods, when they are about to die, show all kinds of ugly behaviors and are as weak as slugs!

Disgusting.

Thor and Gol had fought each other. Thor even cut off one of his arms, and Thor was even caught by Gol. The two of them had their share of wins and losses, but Thor never showed the slightest bit of weakness. Even when he was caught and tortured by Gol, Thor still cursed!

Of course, Gel had encountered such gods before. There were always some who would not yield even to death.

But unlike Thor, those people always used his mortal status to make things difficult, saying that killing gods was a great sin, his soul would fall into hell forever, and so on and so forth, a bunch of meaningless nonsense.

But Thor was different. He just yelled and cursed, and didn't bring up such things as mortals. It was very different! Although he was domineering, it was not based on status or something like that, but on his own pride, not because of his status as a god.

This surprised Gör very much, and he was also very interested in Thor, so he did not kill Thor immediately. He wanted to see what was the difference between this god and other gods.

Then let Thor take the opportunity to run away.

Kai shocked Gel even more. To be honest, he always thought that Ancient One was outrageous enough, but he didn't expect that there was another one on Earth... But this guy was obviously the same as other people on Earth before, so why did he suddenly become a god?

Just as Gel was attacking and thinking about all these messy things.

Suddenly he felt his body was frozen!

When he looked down, he saw many magic circles appeared on his body, including his neck, hands, chest, waist, and feet, and these magic circles were linked together!

Jean Gel suddenly felt that the air had turned into rock... no, steel. He seemed to be sealed in steel. There was everything around him, but he couldn't move!

Even the snake bone whip that was about to return to his body was frozen!