Book contents
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Maps and Charts (in color plates)
- Illustrations (in color plates)
- Figures
- Tables
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Introduction: The Geography of the Indian Ocean and Its Navigation
- Part I The Ancient Routes of Trade and Cultural Exchanges and the First States (Sixth–Second Millennium bce)
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Birth of the State
- Chapter 2 Early Bronze Age I in Western Asia and Egypt (c. 3000–2700 bce)
- Chapter 3 Early Bronze Age II (c. 2700–1950 bce)
- Chapter 4 The New Spaces of the Middle Bronze Age in Asia and Egypt (c. 2000–1750 bce)
- Chapter 5 The Late Bronze Age (c. 1600–1100 bce), an Area Unified around the Eastern Mediterranean
- Chapter 6 East Asia: From Villages to States (c. 5000–1027 bce)
- Chapter 7 The Emergence of Intermediary Spaces
- Conclusion Were there World-Systems during the Bronze Age?
- Part II The Birth of the Afro-Eurasian World-System (First Millennium bce – Sixth Century ce)
- Bibliography
- Index of Geographical names
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Conclusion - Were there World-Systems during the Bronze Age?
from Part I - The Ancient Routes of Trade and Cultural Exchanges and the First States (Sixth–Second Millennium bce)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 October 2019
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Maps and Charts (in color plates)
- Illustrations (in color plates)
- Figures
- Tables
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Introduction: The Geography of the Indian Ocean and Its Navigation
- Part I The Ancient Routes of Trade and Cultural Exchanges and the First States (Sixth–Second Millennium bce)
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Birth of the State
- Chapter 2 Early Bronze Age I in Western Asia and Egypt (c. 3000–2700 bce)
- Chapter 3 Early Bronze Age II (c. 2700–1950 bce)
- Chapter 4 The New Spaces of the Middle Bronze Age in Asia and Egypt (c. 2000–1750 bce)
- Chapter 5 The Late Bronze Age (c. 1600–1100 bce), an Area Unified around the Eastern Mediterranean
- Chapter 6 East Asia: From Villages to States (c. 5000–1027 bce)
- Chapter 7 The Emergence of Intermediary Spaces
- Conclusion Were there World-Systems during the Bronze Age?
- Part II The Birth of the Afro-Eurasian World-System (First Millennium bce – Sixth Century ce)
- Bibliography
- Index of Geographical names
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Summary
The birth of the state in regions benefiting from particular geographical and demographic assets (such as Mesopotamia, Susiana, Egypt, and later the Indus and China) was a period during which a partial break occurred from the mode of accumulation inscribed in kinship relationships. Public and private accumulation of capital appeared, along with a new ideology, techniques of power (Mann 1986) – with writing, and the blossoming of institutions linked to the religious sphere – and new forms of labor mobilization, implying tributes and taxes, and servile or hired labor.
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Worlds of the Indian OceanA Global History, pp. 250 - 272Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019