The urban civilization of Harappa in southern Asia flourished economically and culturally for seven centuries, leaving archeologists with artifacts galore but with no evidence of wars or threats of waror even a state. Most likely, Harappas archeological uniqueness has to do with the civilizations having generated purely voluntary government.
An Ancient Stateless Civilization
Bronze Age India and the State in History
By Thomas J. Thompson
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Other Independent Review articles by Thomas J. Thompson | |
Summer 2011 | The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia |