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Darkevich V.P. A Journey to Ancient Ryazan. — Ryazan: Novoe Vremya, 1993. — Pp. 245-247.

Well, the fact of a military conflict has been proven, and the losing side has been identified. Let's even assume that it has been proven that the winning side was nomadic steppe dwellers (although this is not stated in the text, but okay).

Conclusion? Well, it has actually been stated above.

This could very well have been a one-time raid, even if it was quite large. It could have been the result of a war with neighbors who hired a detachment of nomads for assistance. That is, nowhere in the specified material is there evidence of the presence of the Horde as a state formation, and the nature of economic and political interaction with it is not determined (which is impossible to establish based on a single episode).

Similar excavations, I think, can be carried out in many places along the perimeter of the Great Steppe, with approximately the same result: nomads have been fighting with agricultural peoples in border areas for several thousand years, and from time to time they even ventured deep inside.

However, this was not called a yoke anywhere (or I am simply unaware), and regular tribute payments are not the most popular strategy for interaction between nomads and agricultural peoples. More often, nomads moved to the captured territories and became the local military and administrative elite. This is understandable - why live in the steppe, making long raids for tribute (not always with a positive outcome), when you can settle right near its source.

This process is described in more detail by Nefedov S.A. in the book "Factor Analysis of the Historical Process. History of the East" (easily found online).

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In Ancient Athens, several thousand shards with names were found, confirming the custom of ostracism. What do you think, did the people in Ancient Athens have the right to vote, or was there another form of government?

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In Mohenjo-daro (Harappan civilization, 3300-1300 BC), perhaps the first public toilets known to archaeologists were discovered, as well as a system of urban sanitation, and also a citadel and lower city, monumental construction, bronze metallurgy, small sculpture, and irrigation agriculture.
Do you think there was a division of labor and a division by social classes in the Harappan civilization? Was trade developed?

This is all the study of the life of specific settlements. I spoke about this above, saying that archaeology can provide a lot of interesting information. However, I expressed doubts regarding economic and political interaction.