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Ultimate causes of state formation: the significance of biogeography, diffusion, and neolithic revolutions

"The timing of early state formation varies across the world. Inspired by Jared Diamond's seminal work, the authors employ large-n statistics to demonstrate how this variation has been structured by prehistoric biogeographical conditions, which have influenced the timing of the transition from hunter/ gatherer production to agriculture and, in turn, the timing of state formation. Biogeography structures both the extent to which societies have invented agriculture and state technology de novo, and the extent to which these inventions have diffused from adjacent societies. Importantly, they demonstrate how these prehistoric processes have continued to shape state formation by influencing the relative competitiveness of states until the near present." (author's abstract)

Ultimate causes of state formation: the significance of biogeography, diffusion, and neolithic revolutions

Urheber*in: Bang Petersen, Michael; Skaaning, Svend-Erik

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Alternative title
Ultimative Ursachen für die Staatsbildung: die Signifikanz von Biogeographie, Diffusion und Neolithische Revolutionen
ISSN
0172-6404
Extent
Seite(n): 200-226
Language
Englisch
Notes
Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

Bibliographic citation
Historical Social Research, 35(3)

Subject
Staatsformen und Regierungssysteme
Geschichte
Staat, staatliche Organisationsformen
allgemeine Geschichte
Klima
Viehwirtschaft
Diffusion
geographische Faktoren
Ackerbau
Pfadabhängigkeit
historische Analyse
Vorzeit
Landwirtschaft
biologische Faktoren
Umwelt
Determinanten
Staatenbildung
Zivilisation
empirisch
empirisch-quantitativ
Theorieanwendung
historisch

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Bang Petersen, Michael
Skaaning, Svend-Erik
Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Deutschland
(when)
2010

DOI
URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-310750
Rights
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
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  • Zeitschriftenartikel

Associated

  • Bang Petersen, Michael
  • Skaaning, Svend-Erik

Time of origin

  • 2010

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