RULERS DOMINATE THE ECONOMY,
RESTRAIN COMMERCIAL PEOPLE
AND ARE RESTRAINED THEMSELVES
Chief or king?
Both control their economies,
but kings's societies are more evolved
and supernatural power reinforces them
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Detail, 14th-century map
The Emperor of Mali controls trade. |
- Kings concentrate wealth, then make it circulate
- African kings, prestige and constraint
- Preventing the rise of powerful dynasties
- For kings of medieval Europe, comparable containment
- Commercial peoples' highlighted subordination
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