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What was the social outcome of the economic basis?
What was the social outcome of the economic basis?
- Elimination of communal relations
- Emergence of trading empires
- Consolidation of class divisions (correct)
- Rise of small subsistence economies
What is said to explain the 'relative stagnation' of Asian economies?
What is said to explain the 'relative stagnation' of Asian economies?
- The transformation of tribal aristocracy into trading aristocracy
- The presence of large trading empires
- The extraction of surplus while leaving communal relations intact (correct)
- The absence of private property
What do modern Indian historians accord some limited credence to?
What do modern Indian historians accord some limited credence to?
- The idea of long periods of relative economic stagnation (correct)
- The idea of long periods of rapid economic growth
- The notion of private property in the chief means of production
- The existence of an 'African' mode of production
What was the distinctive feature of African pre-colonial economies?
What was the distinctive feature of African pre-colonial economies?
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What was the basis of the large states in African pre-colonial economies?
What was the basis of the large states in African pre-colonial economies?
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What happened to the tribal aristocracy in African pre-colonial economies?
What happened to the tribal aristocracy in African pre-colonial economies?
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What is the general characteristic of African pre-colonial economies?
What is the general characteristic of African pre-colonial economies?
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What was the impact of empires on the village economy?
What was the impact of empires on the village economy?
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What was the 'Asiatic mode of production'?
What was the 'Asiatic mode of production'?
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What was the outcome of French historians' influence on the argument about the existence of an 'Asiatic' mode of production?
What was the outcome of French historians' influence on the argument about the existence of an 'Asiatic' mode of production?
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