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Introduction
This page displays the chronological tables published at the end of the volume At the Origins of Politics.
The tables are intended to give a general chronological orientation, with particular reference to data relevant to the subject of the book.
Dates in italics give the duration of individual periods and reigns.
The dating system adopted is that of the middle chronology.
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Table 1: The great transformations
ca. 300,000 years BP to 4500 BC
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Table 3: The explosion of boundaries
ca. 2450-2193 BC
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Table 4: The restructuring on a regional basis
ca. 2112-1760 BC
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Table 6: The extreme limits of territoriality
ca. 911-539 BC
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