Art and Craftsmanship

Terracotta Warriors, the burial vaults at Xi'an, ChinaState level societies are able to employ full time artisans and, in result, make enormous advances in arts, crafts, literature... Much of which glorifies the rulers.

Terracotta Warriors, Ch'in dynasty 210 BCE

People in states are not smarter than others but they can put much more time into learning.

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