Address each of the following questions/prompts about one aspect of living in a state-level society (e.g., adhering to daylight savings time, voting, etc.) that provides both benefits and costs in your life:

Does the one aspect of life in a state-level society that you thought of reflect or relate closely to one of the five features of state-level society listed below* (as introduced in Lecture 5.1: States & the Urban Revolution – note this is a subset of Childe’s original list described in the lecture)? If so, which one?
Describe one benefit and one cost that you experience due to this aspect** of life in a state-level society. (** Be sure that you have identified and described the specific aspect of life in a state-level society on which you are focusing in your post as well!)
Would future archaeologists find evidence of the benefit and cost you describe? Explain why or why not.

Five of the features of state-level society:

Social stratification (social classes and inequality)
A state form of government
Full-time specialization
Long-distance trade
Predictive sciences