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#973 Jade d'Alpoim Guedes: Foraging, Agriculture, Crop Dispersal, and Climate Change

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The Complexity of Agriculture and State Development

This chapter explores the intricate relationship between agricultural practices and the development of state societies, challenging the notion that grain economies are essential for state formation. It highlights examples of successful societies that relied on non-grain crops, emphasizing that control and territorial boundaries are more defining traits of a state than agricultural dependence alone.

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