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This dimension marks whether a polity is extant or former, still existing today or now defunct. Wikipedia notes that a polity has "a capacity to mobilize resources," a capacity that a former polity has since lost entirely. Browsing by status separates polities still existing today from those that no longer do.

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3100 BCE 1
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1. Wikipedia: Kingdom (state)
WikipediaKingdom (state), History section, Narmer sentence
Quote, Kingdom (state), History section, Narmer sentence
Some of the oldest recorded and evidenced monarchies were those of Narmer, Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt c. 3100 BCE, and Enmebaragesi, a Sumerian King of Kish c. 2600 BCE.
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