The Early StateH. J. M. Claessen, Peter Skalník Walter de Gruyter, 1978 - 689 pages |
Contents
THESIS | 1 |
A Reappraisal | 31 |
The Origin of the State Among the Nomads of Asia | 93 |
ANTITHESIS | 109 |
Pastoral Hegemony | 131 |
Axum | 151 |
The Legitimation of the Aztec State | 169 |
China | 191 |
The Mauryan State | 381 |
The Early State in Norway | 403 |
The Early State Among the Scythians | 425 |
Early State in Tahiti | 441 |
Early States in the Voltaic Basin | 469 |
Yoruba CityStates at the Turn of the Nineteenth | 495 |
Zande | 511 |
SYNTHESIS | 531 |
The Early State in Ancient Egypt | 213 |
The Early State in France | 235 |
Early States in Ancient Georgia | 257 |
Early State of the Incas | 289 |
The Galla State of Jimma Abba Jifar | 321 |
The Character of Early Statelike | 339 |
The Kuba State | 359 |
The Early State as a Process | 597 |
Beginning and End of the Early State | 619 |
Models and Reality | 637 |
Biographical Notes | 651 |
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administrative Africa agricultural ali'i Angkor Ankole arii aristocracy Arthaśāstra Aśoka Axum Axumite Axumite kingdom Aztec society Aztecs bönder calpulli capital central century B.C. chapter characteristic chiefdom chiefs China Chou Claessen clan communities conquest court culture Cuzco Dynasty early economic Egypt emergence empire Ethiopia ethnic existence fact feudal force formation functionaries functions groups hierarchy Iberia ideology important Inca institutions Jimma Kachari kapu kind king king's kingdom kinship Krader Kuba labor land later lineage Makahiki Maurya military Mongol Mongolia nobility nomads Norway obligation officials organization origin ownership pastoral period political population position pre-state priests production provinces region relations ritual role royal ruler ruling Scythian slaves social stratification society sovereign specific status stratum structure surplus Tahiti taxes territory theory tion trade traditional tribal tribute University Vansina village Voltaic Vongara yanacona Yoruba Zande