What matters most is to keep it flowing

What matters most is to keep it flowing

uizminiquizminiquiz WHAT MAKES AN EMPIRE? A. B. C. D. E. Nature Nurture People and education Control of a world system Freedom and faith

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 almushtaq 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 14 th century. • WHY? – Indicates contact. – Explains influence. • HOW? – Nature and world systems. – World systems and “stability. ”

WORLD SYSTEMS • 9 dominant commercial circuits in the 14 th 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.