Why did the state emerge as a political form approximately 10,000 years ago?

a. State societies developed because of the needs of agricultural intensification.
b. State societies developed because of the need for protection and strength in numbers.
c. The introduction of intensive agriculture created food surpluses, which allowed some individuals to engage in new occupational roles.
d. State societies developed because of dependence on irrigation.
e. There are multiple possible reasons for state development; likely, states developed for different reasons in different places.


ANSWER:
e

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