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    The emergence of government as organized Violence-Cum-Robbery

    Coen Teulings, Bas van Bavel, Bram van Besouw, 8 April 2024 CEPR Discussion Paper No. 18974 The protracted emergence of hierarchical government is most clearly epitomized in the shift from tribal societies to chiefdoms, the two archetypical forms of societal organization at either side of the emergence of [..]