What matters most is to keep it flowing. WHAT MAKES AN EMPIRE? A.Nature B.Nurture C.People and education D.Control of a world system E.Freedom and faith.

What matters most is to keep it

flowing

WHAT MAKES AN EMPIRE?

A. NatureB. NurtureC. People and educationD. Control of a world systemE. Freedom and faith

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World Systems

world system (world system theory) A concept developed by the American historian Immanuel Wallerstein to refer to an economic unit extending beyond the boundaries of an individual nation-state by virtue of trade networks and economic alliances.

World Systems

opicinus de canistris 1335-1338

World Systems

By the strength of Eternal Heaven,an edict of the Emperor [Khan].He who has no respect shall be guilty.

Al-Idrîsî, Nuzhat al-mushtaq fî ikhtirâq al-âfâq 1154

Pietro Vesconte's World Map, 1321

Al-Harîrî, Al-Maqâmât

Bagdad, 1237

WORLD SYSTEMS• 9 dominant commercial circuits in the

14th century.• WHY?

– Indicates contact.– Explains influence.

• HOW?– Nature and world systems.– World systems and “stability.”

WORLD SYSTEMS• 9 dominant commercial circuits in the

14th century.• WHY?

– Indicates contact.– Explains influence.

• HOW?– Nature and world systems.– World systems and “stability.”

World Systems and Empires• All the major empires in the history of

mankind dominated at least one world system.