Robert Carneiro (1970) Put Forth an Influential Theory That Incorporates

question 1

Multiple Choice

Robert Carneiro (1970) put forth an influential theory that incorporates three factors working together instead of a single cause for state formation. These three factors are

• A) a strong central leadership, a uniting vision as a people, and food shortages.
• B) environmental circumscription or resource concentration, increasing population, and warfare.
• C) regional trade networks, food scarcity, and warfare.
• D) intensive food production, population pressures, and large hydraulic works.
• E) warfare, environmental circumscription, and the advent of an early writing system.

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