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State & Administration
With writing, taxes and officials, states such as Sumer and ancient Egypt coordinate thousands to millions of people.
Open in the interactive tree →Administration by writing: clay tablets list levies and labor duties. Qin China (221 BC) standardized weights, script and a civil-service career, and Rome built roads, law and an army. States secure property and peace, but they also enable rule by force and war.
Prerequisites
- Granaries & Grain Storage~9300 BCEarly states administered grain stores and rations
- Settlement & Cities~9000 BC
- Writing~3200 BC
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- Weights & Standard Measures~2500 BC
- Codified Law~1754 BC
- Road & Canal Networks312 BCRoads and canals were built and maintained by states
- Nine Chapters (China)~100 AD
- Magna Carta1215
- Quarantine1377
- Patent System1474
- Sovereign States (Westphalia)1648
- Central Bank & State Currency1694
- Compulsory Schooling & Literacy1763
- Metric System1799
- Social Insurance1883
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