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0228 Why does each early ancient civilization<\/em> exhibit a unique historical trajectory?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mesopotamia differs from the Mayan lowlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

China differs from the Olmec, Chavin and Natchez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Inca empire differs from ancient Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0229 Yet, there are commonalities, which Graeber and Wengrow attribute to the three elementary forms of domination.  Each ancient civilization passes through its own sequences of first-order, second-order and third-order regimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Olmec, Chavin and Natchez develop first-order regimes, displaying primarily one elementary form of domination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Egypt’s predynastic rulers develop two: sovereignty and administration.\u00a0\u00a0Mesopotamian kings start with administration and heroic status.\u00a0\u00a0Classic Maya elevates sovereignty and competitive politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eventually, each civilizational state manifests\u00a0all three elementary forms of domination<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

0228 Why does each early ancient civilization exhibit a unique historical trajectory? Mesopotamia differs from the Mayan lowlands. China differs from the Olmec, Chavin and Natchez. The Inca empire differs from ancient Egypt. 0229 Yet, there are commonalities, which Graeber and Wengrow attribute to the three elementary forms of domination.  Each ancient civilization passes through its own sequences of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[280],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-intimations-of-political-philosophy"],"yoast_head":"\nLooking at David Graeber and David Wengrow's Chapter (2021) "Why The State Has No Origin"(Part 8 of 13) - An Archaeology of the Fall<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=6171\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Looking at David Graeber and David Wengrow's Chapter (2021) "Why The State Has No Origin"(Part 8 of 13) - An Archaeology of the Fall\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"0228 Why does each early ancient civilization exhibit a unique historical trajectory? 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