Big History: The Big Bang, Life on Earth, and the Rise of Humanity

Lecture 33: Long Trends—Expansion and State Power

1. What evidence is there that, broadly speaking, the power of
   tribute-taking states increased in the 4,000 years after the appearance
   of the ¿ rst states?


2. What new techniques and methods enhanced the power and reach of
   Agrarian states?

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