Coercion, Capital and European States
Subtitle: A. D. 990-1992 (Studies in Social Discontinuity)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: March 1, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781557863683
Subjects: Constitution: government & the state; European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland); Modern period, c 1500 onwards; c 1000 CE to c 1500; c 500 CE to c 1000 CE; History; Economic Conditions; Business & Economics; History - General History; Business/Economics; History: World; Europe - General; Business & Economics / Economic Conditions; EUROPE_ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; EUROPE_HISTORY; Capitalism; Europe; Politics and government
First sentence: Some 3,800 years ago, the ruler of a small Mesopotamian city-state conquered all the region's other city-state, and made them subject to Marduk, his own city's god.