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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{How do monumental buildings get built?\{\{nl\}\} Two options:  \{\{nl\}\}- Use of authority supervision over subjects completing the labour. \{\{nl\}\}- Compel subjects to hand over resources which are then used to compensate workers hired by the state.} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Either way involves a coercive transfer of energy, but differ in the taxpayers' obligations.} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Advantages and disadvantages to each approach: e.g. Corvée labour is cheap and flexible for the state, but can be socially disruptive (interferes with livelihood of people).\{\{nl\}\}Alternatively could have a smaller but more permanent workforce. This can involve higher skill levels and less social disruption but is much more expensive to the state.} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Tradeoff therefore present between flexibility to respond to demand and increased skill and obedience.} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Pre-Columbian = independent but parallel sociocultural evolution because of geographical isolation to rest of the world. Similar solutions between the Old and New Worlds can therefore be regarded as similar solutions to comparable problems.} \tn 
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Inca Empire & Corvée-based system. \{\{nl\}\} Empire which lasted around 100 years but spread over a wide variety of terrains.\{\{nl\}\} Economy of supply and demand -\textgreater{} State would tax individuals through mandatory services rather than household income.\{\{nl\}\} Rotational system ("mit'a") with 2-3 months of service on average, but no fixed duration - time required would vary based on demand. \tn 
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 & Work included military, agricultural duties and craft production.\{\{nl\}\} Large-scale building programs included monumental buildings, roads and terraces. \tn 
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 & Archaeological seems to show shift from generalised to specialised corvée labour.\{\{nl\}\} Ensured direct control over specialists by transferring groups en masse to the capital (Cuzco). \tn 
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 & Corvée labour centralised around a capital city which was very distant for many households did pose some problems: reduction of local production and teh mass deportation of individuals could be very disruptive to local economies and households. \{\{nl\}\} Relying on more specialised groups of workers that could be under direct control of the state therefore proved more beneficial. \tn 
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 & Workers were not compensated monetarily for corvée labour because of the inexistence of such economic systems, particularly in central territories. \tn 
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Aztec Empire & Unlike the Inca, the Aztec did have monetary systems in place. However, commutation (converting services into payments) is also unheard of there, nor would the state hire laborers. \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Shift from corvée labour ({\emph{buyaku}}) as a key mechanism in the 8\textasciicircum{}th\textasciicircum{} cent. to specialised labour. \{\{nl\}\} Corvée was imposed on all males aged 15-60.} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{1630s onwards, specialised hired laborers gradually became more common than corvée ones which were encouraged to be left in the fields where they could contribute economically. Corvée also became used in transportation to boost commercialisation.} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{So corvée = global practice, but subject to change depending on the economical situation which could make hired labour more appealing at times.} \tn 
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Mesopotamia & Corvée predates Sargon (2334-2279 BCE) - construction of canals and dikes seasonally against food rations. \tn 
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Egypt & Some uncertainty still surrounds the explicit use of corvée labour in places such as Ancient Egypt with the pyramids. \tn 
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{\bf{New Kingdom (c. 1600-1100 BCE)}} & Military-supervised state construction projects using war captives.\{\{nl\}\} Armies used for mass workforce. Composed of captives and civilians, often used for large-scale brick manufacture.\{\{nl\}\} Similar uses in Neo-Assyrian Mesopotamia. \tn 
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Qin and Han dynasties in 3\textasciicircum{}rd\textasciicircum{} century BCE - most adult population forced to partake in corvée. & Supposedly 3 months per year under the Qin and 1 month per year under the Han, although disputed information. \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Han dynasty rulers had to deal with added sensitivity following the rule of the Qin dynasty where Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi had been brought down due to public discontent.} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Most disruptive rules follow conquest -\textgreater{} early 12\textasciicircum{}th\textasciicircum{} century CE, draft of 2 million people to build new palaces. Many deaths due to failure to provide food.} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Convict labour resorted to when costs incurred by transferring natives from their native setting were too high. Penal servitude provided a long term and large scale source of workers. Alternatively, states also had access to state-owned slaves.} \tn 
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Archaeological evidence in support of textual evidence: & Thousands of bodies found in cemeteries next to cities.\{\{nl\}\} Mostly men in their 20s/30s, often equipped with iron collars and sometimes tags recording their names and penalty. \tn 
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{\bf{Bronze Age}} & Corvée in palace societies of the Bronze Age - evidence from Linear B. \tn 
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