history Civilization in the absence of central power

[saspatz]

i remember a talk by Stephan some time ago when he names a couple of civilizations where their was no central power. Could someone tell me what those examples are and where to find out more information regarding these civilizations?

[ofd]

The Etruscans were a bunch of loosely connected city states. The Irish were pretty anarchistic as well.

[M.2]

Hi, saspatz

Considerable examples I have heard are the American Wild West, ancient Iceland Medieval Venice and Genoa, maybe Switzerland before their civil war.

I have been doing my research regarding this as well. Please post if you have anything.

[Jsbrads]

Israel before the king Saul, they lived without their first king for hundred of years during the Prophets and the Judges.

early US colonies, Pacific tribes...

[Spiritual-Autarky]

Hopefully not for muh longwe without leadership (even local one detached form corrupt liberal state) goes agiasnt nature's laws

 

As for examples, though, it is rumuing only primitive societies, except that wpulnd't really b "civilizations"  I my slf would suggest privateers of  early age of sale

Evn thoguht they wherr eunder orders oof their respective Crown,, they by themselves

They were free enough to be humans 

 

Of course, tha toculd jsut be whimsicall y 

 

Other examaples here make sense,... Hawiians (despite their token monarch) lived without until about 1600 or so. the indepndant Italian city states alao

 

 Wild West  is definitely one [the state was so weak as to not be able to enforce law or to be tool of landowner cast....People had  to be inepdent and to, are only oblidegd to look afer... lesson that we in or "dmdoern" age must relearn as as possible, althogu hav edobultess better than ...... quicklywhen  could literally kill their bureacrats...]

 

Quite old though,