Similarities Between The Outer And Separate Circuits

In the time between 400 and 1100 AD, during the High Agrarian era, three major regions, or circuits, took form. The one that gets the most attention is the Inner Circuit, with its constant turmoil between agrarian societies and the steppe nomadic people. However, the Outer and Separate Circuit societies have just as much story to tell, especially when examining the environments of these civilizations. The climates and geography can be looked at to see a distinct barrier from the Inner Circuit Societies, the challenges that the Outer and Separate Circuit hierarchies faced, and also their networking capabilities.
First, it is important to look at what differentiated the Separate and Outer Circuits from the Inner Circuit. The Outer and Separate
To start, these worlds were mostly completely isolated from all other outside powers. In other words, they did not have to deal with the threat of steppe nomads because they had never heard of steppe nomads and vice versa. Not only were they isolated from the rest of the world, but often the Separate Circuits were split geographically within their own respective cultures. For example, the terrain of the Incan world split the society into very clear divisions. The Andes lifestyle differed greatly from life in the Amazonian jungle. This is known as microclimates. The text elaborates on why this is problematic. It says that two different mid-elevation valleys had more in common culturally than the people of the mountains in between. Thus, no sincere networks could form in the region. This geographic seclusion also was the case for the other societies like the Polynesians. The distance between islands and the relatively low populations halted concrete connections to others and ultimately were grouped as “Polynesians” because of their cultural similarities and incredible navigation skills. One consequence of the microclimates was that it in many cases limited agriculture. Many of the Separate Circuit societies could not achieve sustainable crops. The people of New guinea were only able to produce low protein roots, and the people of the Amazon and North America even largely relied on hunting and gathering. In both cases surplus was not able to be generated to facilitate growth. All of these geographic factors certainly affected the hierarchies and networks. Because of a lack of political unity from geographic issues, the Separate Circuit was never able to attain an extremely structured hierarchy. For most civilizations, the tribal stage was the most complex. Another downfall of the isolation was the unreliable networks built. In