World-Systems Research
nWhat is a World-System?:
–A System of Societies – Intersocietal System
–Interaction Networks
–Core/Periphery Relations
–The Hegemonic Cycle -- Rise and Fall of Large Polities
nUrbanization 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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