The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-05-21
Arts and Institutions
Duration ............
CHAPTER NINE.

Duration Shorter than age of barbasm
CHAPTER NINE.
Barbarism upper age.
The Upper Age of Barbarism began with the smelt.
ing of iron.
The smelling of iron made possible greater variety
of tools and weapons particularly those having keen
cutting adge, such knives, axes swords etc. With
the greater perfection of tools came greater skill in the
Industrial arts Technical knowledge depends upou
technical instruments Iron made technical instruments
possible.
Keen cutting tools gave impetus to woodworking,
From the rolling of sections of logs the idea Of the wheel
and axle evolved This in turn had its effect upon land
transportation making the moving of heavier burdens
possible. ALI primitive wheels sold-being merely
section Of comparatively round log. The tendency of
section of log TO split owing to the end thrust of the
loaded axle gave rise to the idea of binding the wheel
with an iron tire It is significant to note that Moses
could not defeat the Htte because they had ronshod
wagors'.
The development of the keen cutting tool and the
Institution of slavery gave impetus to the building
of larger boats These were propelled by sails and also
by large numbers Of slaves chained to
The shelter of upper barbarism very similar to
the former period except that the making of adobe had
evolved to the burning of brick The development of
slavery and Institutional life during this period gave
rise to the more elaborate architecture Of fanes and
temples These usually built of brick the devel
opment of slavery the ideal Institution for the
development of the brckmaking industry.
The coming of iron tools brought more improved
LOOMS and cotton and flax fibres added to the
materials of weaving The leisure with its consequent
desire for gaudy show which the institution of chattel
slavery gave to the masters Of that day. greatly suel
lated the of weaving. The art of dyeing fabrics
into existence at this time due to the necessity of having
different coloured garments for the different castes
the masters wearing light the priests, blue and the
workers, red garments. Purple was also used by the
masters as trimmings the insignia of mastery.
Nearly all races have their legend of flood or
floods 1t is the of opinion amongst scientists
that these floods due to both of two
the sinking of large portions OF land areas beneath
the waters of the sea- such the legendary continents
Of Atlantis and Lemura the flood waters due to the
passing Of the glacial period These caastrophes
the Aryan while they were passing thru their
upper age of Barbarism, and perhaps greatly length
ened the duration Of that age due to the annhaton OF
vast numbers of the people with consequent reardng
of industrial development.
We should not be unmndfu of the fact that historic
al epochs of industrial evolution must not be confused
with chronological history Epochs of industrial evou
tion based upon the mode of development of the
tools Of production of given race. Thus while the
Aryan race, and TO large extent the Mongolian race
have developed far into civilization there yet races
who today live in barbarsm and even savagery
Improved methods of production and transportation
gave an impetus to commerce. The complexty of social
relations between the various tribes due to the necessities
of commerce forced the federation of tribes into closer
organization for military protection against invasion
from outside hostile hordes This laid the foundation for
the pepehatibn Of the military caste and gave origin
TO the military dictator king Thus the chiefs of lower
barbarsm became the kings Of later periods.
1t was during the age Of upper barbarism that the
Patrarchal Family developed to its highest power. The
laws OF inheritance made necessary the outward OBJ
sevance OF the homogeneous family relation Monogamy
while obligatory upon the part of the woman due to- the
fact that man ojeccd to bequeahng his property to an
other mans son, usually never more than an out
ward show upon the part of man.
AT this age the last remnant Of female supremacy
and descent vanished due 10 the fact that private prop
erty was exclusively in the hands of the male The Pa
trarchal Family marked the beginning of male suprem
acy and descent This was military necessity which
grew out of the defense Of property.