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To: blam
I heard chimps also indulge in warfare but they don't have villages. Nomadic people also fight from time to time. You don't need villagers for a good rumble.
39 posted on 09/16/2003 7:10:02 PM PDT by Eternal_Bear
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To: Eternal_Bear
"I heard chimps also indulge in warfare but they don't have villages. Nomadic people also fight from time to time. You don't need villagers for a good rumble."

I agree.

Anthropologist Marvin Harris (Bless his soul, he died this year at age 74), said that government began with agriculture, surplus food. The strongest got to distribute the surplus during a crisis/famine and they were also responsible for defending those who produced the surplus....original taxes.

41 posted on 09/16/2003 7:20:11 PM PDT by blam
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