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Kit Opie
about 1 month ago
The invention of agriculture (around 9,000 years ago) spurred the rise of early states? NO. Our research
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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supports an alternative theory that States almost invariably formed in societies that grew cereal grains.
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State formation across cultures and the role of grain, intensive agriculture, taxation and writing - Nature Human Behaviour
Opie and Atkinson conduct a global phylogenetic analysis of 868 cultures and find evidence indicating that cereal grain cultivation, not agricultural surplus, drove state formation. Their findings als...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-025-02365-5
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Simon J. Greenhill
about 1 month ago
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