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This thesis focuses on the study of foreign ruling minorities in traditional state societies. It investigates how the Kassites, as a foreign ethnic group, were able to control and maintain political power over the Babylonian majority for four centuries. In addition, it examines …

Postcolonial societies are perceived in the development literature as underdeveloped because of their colonial experience and relatively low level of development. Yet on closer examination, postcolonial societies are internally diverse. While some are undergoing rapid economic d…