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... know how critical "state formation" and "centralization" are—practically drilled into our heads.

Of course, textbooks generally only go so far as to say that once centralization takes hold and royal authority strengthens, everything falls into place nicely.

But if we dig a bit deeper, centralization and state formation are fundamentally connected to the presence of an "external threat."

As wars grow larger in scale, the power of a mere tribal chief or local lord becomes i ...

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In her past life, Su Meng married Wei Ting, thinking that she could eventually win his heart with tolerance and flattery. For this, she tried to flatter Wei Ting’s sister, Wei Xue, as well. Wei Xue said, “Wei Ting doesn’t like girls who wear makeup.” So Su Meng was as bland as a maid, but Wei Xue was exquisite as a princess every day. Wei Xue said, “Wei Ting loves to drink milk.” So Su Meng prepared a glass of milk for Wei Ting every day, but he never drank it. Wei Xue said, “Wei Ting likes fresh flowers.” So Su Meng would fill the house with fresh flowers on each of Wei Ting’s birthdays. Alas, Wei Ting would turn and leave every time, and Su Meng had never celebrated his birthday with him ever since they got married.

One day, Wei Xue said, “I killed your child on behalf of Brother Wei Ting. Why don’t I send you to hell now so you can keep your child company? Oh, I forgot to tell you that I was adopted by the Wei family. I have no blood relation to Brother Wei Ting. I love him, and he loves me.”

Su Meng died, and when she woke up again, she found herself having returned to that night, five years ago. This night, she was supposed to get pregnant with Wei Ting’s child. Staring at Wei Ting, the obedience and flattery in her expression disappeared without a trace. What remained was only icy resentment. “Get out!” Wei Ting felt incredulous. This woman was seducing him in the first place, so why did she suddenly turn into a stranger? The next day, Wei Xue appeared before Su Meng with her fake smile. However, after experiencing all that, Su Meng couldn’t possibly let herself be tricked again! In this life, Su Meng would live for herself and take revenge for her child and herself! Men? Beat it! Wei Xue, you’ll pay with your life!

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“Substitute” is an ABO dog-blooded stand-in essay. The heroine Shu Jin is the substitute girlfriend of a certain scumbag boss. After being tortured by the scumbag boss and Bai Yueguang to a serious illness, Shu Jin was tired and decided to give up. .
After leaving the scumbag, Shu Jin cut off love and love, developed her career all the way, and perfectly completed the gorgeous turn from a poor double to a rich woman.
Later, when faced with Boss Ba’s remorse and confession, Shu Jin even lashed out.
You didn’t want it when my old lady was upside down, but now you are acting like chasing a wife and crematorium with me!
Until the end of the novel, Shu Jin never forgave the scumbag. Instead, she is beautiful alone in the life of a rich woman.
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Then? Then she wore it, and she became the aunt Long Aotian who was the scumbag in the book.

Looking at the heroine who was crying pear blossoms and raining in front of her, Shen Yilan couldn’t help but walked up to her and asked her, “Are you okay?”
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Shen Lintian is a scumbag.
Bai Yueguang cheated first, and threatened Shu Jin to pretend to be his girlfriend to help deal with his sister-in-law after they broke up.
Arriving at home as promised, Shu Jin found out that Shen Lintian’s sister-in-law in front of her was not the sister who gave her sweets?
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At night, Shu Jin quietly pushed open the door of Shen Yilan’s room, and asked in a low voice, “Are you asleep?”
Change the timid appearance at the dinner table.
She dresses very boldly.
But Shen Yilan was unmoved, “Why are you here again?”
“The air conditioner in my room is broken. Come to your place for a night.”
Shen Yilan frowned: “What about Lintian?”
Shu Jin lowered her eyes, her eyes were about to cry, “Probably at Bai Yueguang’s place.”
Shen Yilan thought about the poor stand-in heroine in the book, and sighed, “Come in.”
Shu Jin followed good advice and thought to herself, just as she guessed, this woman Shen Yilan is easier to deal with than she imagined.
Shen Lintian cheated on Bai Yueguang first, so don’t blame me for picking on your sister-in-law, I want to be your aunt! Shu Jin’s heart was filled with the pleasure of revenge.
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After she fell asleep in Shen Yilan’s arms again until she woke up naturally, Shu Jin murmured wonderingly: “Shen Yilan, can’t you?”
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Later, when Shen Lintian repented and wanted to get Shu Jin back, Shu Jin hesitated.
Shen Yilan was very angry, she didn’t understand why there was any hesitation.
But Shu Jin is more fierce than her——
“What can I do without considering Shen Lintian! You can’t!”
Shen Yilan: “…I can’t?”
“Are you okay? You don’t even eat an omega when my mother delivers it to your door, are you okay?”
Shen Yilan: “…”
Then?
Then Shen Yilan directly pulled him to the bedroom, and said seriously: “I can do it.”
Shu Jin:? !
+++ Here is demining, must see +++
#ABO文, non-traditional ABO, relatively weak setting, no second set of organs#
#双夫,女2 and scumbag fell in love, body clean#
#文章是双智景(the main body of Shu Jin’s growth line is too much, Shen Yilan’s attack, the ‘mutual attack’ written in the column of angle of view refers to the sense of angle of view, not the meaning of body position#
#无脑凉,Don’t bring your brain#
#The relevant content of two people’s occupations is that I refer to some materials and then compile them myself, please do not substitute them into reality#
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Everyone said that Yi Qing was the number one Sword Cultivator in the world, with a swordsmanship and cultivation that no one could surpass. Whether it was when he was cultivating in the Lower Realm, or when he was in the Ten Heavens of the Upper Realm, he has always been undefeated.

Yi Qing laughed and said: “That is because you do not know of my Master. If we speak of cultivation, I am not as good as she by a long mile. Thinking about it, at the start, out of the ten Heavenly Emperors of the Upper Realm, my Master beat up nine, and the one left was myself.”

“Master? You actually have a Master! Who? How come we never heard of it?”

“My Master is…. Eh? Master? Master! And my Master? Has anyone seen my Master?”

A person next to them quietly raised her paw. “I am here!”

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