Kung, James Kai-sing; Özak, Ömer; Putterman, Louis; … - 2022
each other, set off a race between their autochthonous state-building projects, which determines their extent and … developed into independent states, as agriculture provided the fertile ground for state-formation, while isolation provided time … reproducing a mega-state in the area that became China and on the determinants of its borders with other states. …