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World History Project - Origins to the Present

Course: World History Project - Origins to the Present > Unit 3

Lesson 5: What is a State | 3.4

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States are a complex kind of human institution. People built states at various times in different places, but not every historian agrees about the details or the reasons why. In this video, two historians talk about what states are, where they emerged, and the reasons for their development.

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Why would you mention Yuval Harari, isn't he amoral?
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the first states is it having a write artist cites all the state because they build early ages.
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