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oriental despotism  

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  • Throughout the history of political thought, non-European civilizations have become a part of major philosophical debates in Europe concerning government, economics, and religion. Within this context, the concept of oriental despotism was mainly developed by European thinkers to explain the economics and politics of non-European civilizations. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Oriental Despotism]

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