Question

The fourth chapter of this book cites the difficulty of agriculture in Ur as an example of how the title substance “makes states.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this 2017 James C. Scott work, which argues that the earliest settled states were largely based on coercion instead of free choice.
ANSWER: Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States
[10e] Much of Scott’s earlier work, such as The Art of Not Being Governed, covers this broad geographical region. Before a shift to Afghanistan, the world’s largest center of opium production was along the Mekong in this region.
ANSWER: Southeast Asia [or Southeastern Asia; or SEA; accept Zomia; prompt on the Asia-Pacific; prompt on Thailand, Laos, or Myanmar by asking “what larger region are these countries a part of?”; reject “East Asia” or “South Asia”]
[10m] In Against the Grain, Scott defines the “Golden Age of Barbarians” as the period of history where most of the world’s population had not encountered this practice, which was contracted out to the publicans in ancient Rome.
ANSWER: tax collection [or tax farming; or revenue collection; or taxation]
<DM>

Back to bonuses

Summary

2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y313.3367%33%33%
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y36.6767%0%0%
2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y620.00100%67%33%
2023 BHSU Online04/15/2023Y412.50100%25%0%
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y215.00100%50%0%

Data

Stanford A[Insert Lawyer Joke Here]10101030
Berkeley BBerkeley A0000
Fan-tastic Negs and Where to Find ThemRutgers Diaspora0000
The Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 NegsMaryland A010010
Maryland B+Glass Onyen: A Knives Out Mystery010010
Stanford BIt's Joever010010
Amartya Senpai Notice MeMaryland B-1010020
Chicago B+Michigan0101020
ChicagoMojo Shojo10101030
NorthwesternIllinois A+0101020
OSUPurdue010010
WUSTLEpic Games0101020
Magisters LudiBroken Imperial Nomads0101020
Oxford HornetsBuzzers Karamazov010010
Rollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne GangCornell B-010010
What is BH! And you are asking me? BHSUDr. Christopher Manners, MD – Samarra, Iraq010010
Houston and friendsHutto Hippos010010
Cornell C++The Enrique Trastamara Military Academy B0101020