Possibly even malaria and other illnesses were caused by inadvertently manmade marshes in combination with the emergence of cities

Possibly even malaria and other illnesses were caused by inadvertently manmade marshes in combination with the emergence of cities  Read Less

This is a wellwritten uptodate and very interesting argument about ecology agricultures origins and implications and the rise a...  Read More

This is a wellwritten uptodate and very interesting argument about ecology agricultures origins and implications and the rise and fall of early states  Read Less

The result was a fragile polity that was frequently unstable and prone to collapse

The result was a fragile polity that was frequently unstable and prone to collapse  Read Less

As a consequence of such social patterns and the disease that was endemic to this new social organization these early states we...  Read More

As a consequence of such social patterns and the disease that was endemic to this new social organization these early states were very unstable  Read Less

And you had to pay taxes usually in the form of a portion of the grain you harvested

And you had to pay taxes usually in the form of a portion of the grain you harvested  Read Less

It’s that the taxman can tax it efficiently

It’s that the taxman can tax it efficiently  Read Less

Well it turns out that its properties such as the predictability of its growth stages could have allowed for an easy and predic...  Read More

Well it turns out that its properties such as the predictability of its growth stages could have allowed for an easy and predictable taxation by the elites at the expenses of the population  Read Less

Oh and after you’ve harvested it it’s not only simple to keep it’s also infinitely divisible and transportable so the taxman ca...  Read More

Oh and after you’ve harvested it it’s not only simple to keep it’s also infinitely divisible and transportable so the taxman can come take it from you and even pay his army with it  Read Less

This is one of those books that makes you think about the world a different way after youve read it similar to diamonds 34guns ...  Read More

This is one of those books that makes you think about the world a different way after youve read it similar to diamonds 34guns germs steel34  Read Less

James scott does not shy away from pointing out that bands of huntergatherers assisted in the triumph of agriculturalists by as...  Read More

James scott does not shy away from pointing out that bands of huntergatherers assisted in the triumph of agriculturalists by assisting them in fighting other huntergatherers much like some native american tribes served the us cavalry as scouts during the 19th century  Read Less

For example lot gets in trouble when he moves to the city of sodom cains sacrifice agricultural produce is rejected while abels...  Read More

For example lot gets in trouble when he moves to the city of sodom cains sacrifice agricultural produce is rejected while abels an animal from his flocks  Read Less

For millenia huntergatherers had the better diet better life and more leisure than their agriculturalist counterparts who worke...  Read More

For millenia huntergatherers had the better diet better life and more leisure than their agriculturalist counterparts who worked the land in and around city walls  Read Less