Frontmatter -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- Contents -- PART ONE: Thesis -- 1 The Early State: Theories and Hypotheses / CLAESSEN, HENRI J. M. / SKALNÍK, PETER -- 2 State Origins: A Reappraisal / COHEN, RONALD -- 3 Some Theoretical Problems of the Study of the Early State / KHAZANOV, ANATOLII M. -- 4 The Origin of the State Among the Nomads of Asia / KRADER, LAWRENCE -- PART TWO: Antithesis -- 5 Angkor: Society and State / SEDOV, LEONID A. -- 6 Ankole: Pastoral Hegemony / STEINHART, EDWARD I. -- 7 Axum / KOBISHCHANOV, IURII . -- 8 The Legitimation of the Aztec State / KURTZ, DONALD V. -- 9 China / POKORA, TIMOTEUS -- 10 The Early State in Ancient Egypt / JANSSEN, JAC. J. -- 11 The Early State in France / TEUNIS, HENRI B. -- 12 Early States in Ancient Georgia / KORANASHVILI, GURAM -- 13 The Early State in Hawaii / SEATON, S. LEE -- 14 Early State of the Incas / SCHAEDEL, RICHARD P. -- 15 The Galla State of Jimma Abba Jifar / LEWIS, HERBERT S. -- 16 The Kachari State: The Character of Early State-like Formations in the Hill Districts of Northeast India / MARETINA, SOFIA A. -- 17 The Kuba State / VANSINA, JAN -- 18 The Mauryan State / SENEVIRATNE, SUDARSAN -- 19 The Early State in Norway / GUREVICH, ARON IA. -- 20 The Early State Among the Scythians / KHAZANOV, ANATOLII M. -- 21 Early State in Tahiti / CLAESSEN, HENRI J. M. -- 22 Early States in the Voltaic Basin / SKALNÍK, PETER -- 23 Yoruba City-States (at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century) / KOCHAKOVA, NATALIA B. -- 24 Zande / KANDERT, JOSEF -- PART THREE: Synthesis -- 25 The Early State: A Structural Approach / CLAESSEN, HENRI J. M. -- 26 The Early State as a Process / SKALNÍK, PETER -- 27 Limits: Beginning and End of the Early State / CLAESSEN, HENRI J. M. / SKALNÍK, PETER -- 28 The Early State: Models and Reality / CLAESSEN, HENRI J. M. / SKALNÍK, PETER -- Biographical Notes -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects