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SUMMARY: Ties that Bind: State Formation and Economic Development in the An
 cient Mediterranean
DESCRIPTION: Speaker: Taco Terpstra (Northwestern) Archaeological data show
  that the process of Mediterranean state formation starting around 700 BCE 
 is positively correlated with economic development. Likewise\, state disint
 egration after ca. 300 CE correlates with economic contraction. This paper 
 will discuss what effect the formation and collapse of states had on the ec
 onomy of the ancient Mediterranean\, […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <h3>Speaker: Taco Terpstra (Northwestern)</h3
 ><p>Archaeological data show that the process of Mediterranean state format
 ion starting around 700 BCE is positively correlated with economic developm
 ent. Likewise\, state disintegration after ca. 300 CE correlates with econo
 mic contraction.</p><p>This paper will discuss what effect the formation an
 d collapse of states had on the economy of the ancient Mediterranean\, spec
 ifically in relation to the potential for Smithian growth.</p><p><img class
 ="aligncenter wp-image-16735 " src="https://hist.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content
 /uploads/sites/23/2020/02/Terpstra-768x589.jpg" alt="" width="952" height="
 731" /></p><p> </p>
CATEGORIES:Cluster,Economic History
LOCATION:Buchanan A - Room 202
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 ation-and-economic-development-in-the-ancient-mediterranean/
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