Expansions and Contractions: World-Historical Change And The Western Sudan World-System (1200/1000 B.C. ? 1200/1250 A.D.)

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  • Ray A. Kea University of California, Riverside

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/jwsr.2004.286

Abstract

Archaeological evidence from West Africa suggests a process of relatively autochthonous state formation involving unusual forms of urbanization, horse warrior aristocracies, craft status groups and commodified trade networks organized by merchant-scholars. The emergenceof a West African state system played a generative role in the world-historical development of universal rationality in Western Afroeurasia, as well as in the intensification of empire formation and monetary integration in the formative era before the rise of European hegemony.

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Published

2004-11-26

How to Cite

Kea, R. A. (2004). Expansions and Contractions: World-Historical Change And The Western Sudan World-System (1200/1000 B.C. ? 1200/1250 A.D.). Journal of World-Systems Research, 10(3), 723–816. https://doi.org/10.5195/jwsr.2004.286

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Premodern Historical Systems: The Rise and Fall of States and Empires