Jiang defines elite overproduction as status competition inside the state, often between upper and lower nobility rather than simply rich and poor.
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Status Competition
Jiang defines elite overproduction as status competition inside the state, often between upper and lower nobility rather than simply rich and poor.
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"good morning so let us review what we learned last class and then we will discuss the Greeks today so as I discussed last..."
"and have some but what more ok so usually between the upper nobility and the lower nobility and we see this throughout human history..."
"So the equilibrium means that the war made the status competition within the countries more stable?"
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