Vol. 8, No 2, 2025 CONTENTS Bondarenko D.M. Preface to the Special Issue Bondarenko D.M. Evolution and Forms of Socio-Political Organization: Studies at Intersection of Anthropology and History Vdovchenkov E.V. Socio-Political Terminology for Sarmatians: the Ancient Tradition, Anthropology, and Archaeology Popov V.A. The Concepts of “Tribe” and “Chiefdom” in Current Political Anthropology, Ethnology, and the History of Primitive Society: a Game of Terms? Kradin N.N. Current Trends in the Origins of the State Discussion Grinin L.E. The State and Social Evolution. The Evolution of Statehood: Early State — Developed State — Mature State Ladynin I.A. The Nome Polities and the State Formation in Egypt of the 4th Millennium BС: Reconstructions and Scholarly Models Alexandrov B.E. Debating Power in Bronze Age Emar: a Survey of Scholarly Models Dementyeva V.V. Etatic and Non-Etatic Approaches to the Study of Ancient Civil Community: Discussions on Civitas Romana Shchavelev A.S. A Barbarian Alternative of Social Evolution: Peripheral Societies of Western Eurasia in the 1st Millennium AD in Light of Historical Anthropology