Epoche 1 Reading

I find it fitting that Epoche 1 is called the "Epoche of Origins". The title makes sense because basic forms of society were founded in that time period. I was especially interested in Hammurabi's code. It was one of  the first real publications of law. I also found it interesting was that it was made because of the increased population. Increased population means that there are more people and less land so people would argue over who's land was who's, which then meant a need for a form of government. This could mean that every large society does need a certain form of government to thrive.
          When I was reading about the dynasties in China I noticed the text said these governments or dynasties arose fairly quickly. This confused me a little bit. I wondered how and why these forms of governments came to be quicker than other forms of governments. My hypothesis is that these governments had a connection between church and state. If people found out that these rulers claimed to have a direct connection with heaven (Like the Shang dynasty) they would want to follow who ever carried the word of God. This could be both good or bad. It could be good because everyone would be united together with the same ruler and if the ruler was a good person he would try to make the country better. This could be bad too because if the leader was greedy he could rig the country for his own profet and not help rule the country.