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World-Systems Research
World-Systems Research
What is a World-System?:
A System of Societies – Intersocietal System
Interaction Networks
Core/Periphery Relations
The Hegemonic Cycle -- Rise and Fall of Large Polities
Urbanization Research
Time-Mapping Cities, Empires and States Since 1000 BCE
The Central System
Pulsations of Integration of the Afroeurasian World Island
Synchrony of East/West City and Empire Growth/Decline Phases
The New Chandler: improving our knowledge of the population sizes of the largest cities in East Asia, South Asia, and the West Asian/Mediterranean regions since 1000 BCE
Remote Sensing Research on the Global System of Cities Since 1970
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A Core/Periphery Hierarchy
Rise and Fall of Large Polities
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The Afroeurasian World-System
East/West Pulsations and Merger
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Trade Globalization since 1815
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Global Elite Integration
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