The Rise Of The Odrysian Kingdom C.480-C.389 Bc

Tür:

Kitap Bölümü

Yazar:

Z H Archibald

Yayın yılı:

1998

Yayıncı:

Oxford University PressOxford

Dil:

en

Abstract The Emergence Of State Organization Is A phenomenon which is often easier to identify than to explain. The Odrysian kingdom incorporated most of the characteristics by which sociologists and social anthropologists define ‘state’ formation: a supra-regional unit with a formal administrative hierarchy within a ranked society, specialization of crafts and social functions (the existence of a bureaucratic elite, priesthood, or ritual caste), regional control centres, literacy, and monumental art or architecture. It is usually assumed that such early polities were articulated by networks of exchange, between one social group and another, between one family or clan and another, and that the centralized organs of government were maintained through some form of tribute, in goods or in kind. In the Odrysian kingdom such reciprocal relationships are documented in Greek sources.

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