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A Tributary Model of State FormationThe Gondarine Tributary-Military State

A Tributary Model of State Formation: The Gondarine Tributary-Military State [This chapter provides a critical analysis of the suggestive but largely descriptive literature on Ethiopian agrarian history in search of an explanation for why war makes and then unmakes the tributary state. Using a theoretical framework developed in Chap. 1 for thinking about the dynamics of transition from a civilizational-state to a territorial state, we explore the self-limiting but functional rist and gult land institution of Ethiopia. This politico-economic institution and the hostile external climate together conspired against the metamorphosis of the Gondarine state (GS) into a territorially-defined tax state (Table 3.1 for a comparative summary). However, Gondar provided a template for a modern Ethiopian state which compares quite favorably with its Afroasian peers.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Tributary Model of State FormationThe Gondarine Tributary-Military State

Part of the Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development Book Series
Abegaz, Berhanu
Springer Journals — Jun 10, 2018
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Springer International Publishing
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© Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
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978-3-319-75779-7
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57 –84
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10.1007/978-3-319-75780-3_3
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[This chapter provides a critical analysis of the suggestive but largely descriptive literature on Ethiopian agrarian history in search of an explanation for why war makes and then unmakes the tributary state. Using a theoretical framework developed in Chap. 1 for thinking about the dynamics of transition from a civilizational-state to a territorial state, we explore the self-limiting but functional rist and gult land institution of Ethiopia. This politico-economic institution and the hostile external climate together conspired against the metamorphosis of the Gondarine state (GS) into a territorially-defined tax state (Table 3.1 for a comparative summary). However, Gondar provided a template for a modern Ethiopian state which compares quite favorably with its Afroasian peers.]

Published: Jun 10, 2018

Keywords: Land Institute; Feed Conditions; Ethiopian State; tributeTribute; Warring Princes

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