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State Formation and Development

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States are very old: the earliest writing finds them well-established in Sumer and in Egypt. Modern states are immensely more capable and powerful than those states, and not just because of technology: they are far more organized and effective. How, and why? permanent link for this note RSS feed for this note

State Formation and Development Notebooks State Formation and Development Last update : 21 Apr 2025 21:17 First version : States are very old: the earliest writing finds them well-established in Sumer and in Egypt. Modern states are immensely more capable and powerful than those states, and not just because of technology: they are far more organized and effective. How, and why? Recommended (very misc.): ibn Khaldun , The Muqaddimah ["The state is that institution in society whose end is to suppress all such injustice as it does not itself commit." (From memory.)] Ernest Gellner , Nations and N

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