Just started a new book. Really good so far! The author starts by deconstructing the commonly taught 'progression' of pre-state to state power by taking a look at the newer and more complex picture of how cities and agriculture gave rise to oppression, state power, and the patriarchy.

Against the Grain; A Deep History of the Earliest States by James C. Scott

https://www.amazon.com/Against-Grain-History-Earliest-States/dp/0300182910

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Better than Spencer Wells Pandora's Seed!