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Christopher Chase-Dunn
Alexis Álvarez
Institute for Research on World-Systems
University of California, Riverside
Susan ManningSociology
Hofstra University
• What is the relationship between the size of settlements and power in intergroup relations?
• Under what circumstances does a society with greater population density have power over adjacent societies with lower population density?
• Do cities and empires rise and fall together?
• Semiperipheral development
• Hierarchical city size distribution and the concentration of power
PMN
Region
Empire
City
City
City
Power Size
Concentration of Resources
PowerSize
Concentration of Resources
Region Pearson's r# of time
pointsYears
Mesopotamia 0.59 10 2800 B.C.E. - 550 B.C.E.Egypt 0.52 7 2300 B.C.E. - 550 B.C.E.
West Asia 0.64 26 2000 B.C.E. - 1500 C.E.East Asia 0.50 29 1360 B.C.E. - 1800 C.E.
Europe 0.89 24 430 B.C.E. - 1800 C.E.South Asia 0.29 20 600 B.C.E. - 1800 C.E.
NOTE: Africa and America do not provide reliable correlations due to insufficient data for these regions.
Mesopotamia
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
1.4
1.6
3200
BC
E
3120
BC
E
3040
BC
E
2960
BC
E
2880
BC
E
2800
BC
E
2720
BC
E
2640
BC
E
2560
BC
E
2480
BC
E
2400
BC
E
2320
BC
E
2240
BC
E
2160
BC
E
2080
BC
E
2000
BC
E
1920
BC
E
1840
BC
E
1760
BC
E
1680
BC
E
1600
BC
E
1520
BC
E
1440
BC
E
1360
BC
E
1280
BC
E
1200
BC
E
1120
BC
E
1040
BC
E
960
BCE
880
BCE
800
BCE
720
BCE
640
BCE
560
BCE
Northern Mesopotamia
Southern Mesopotamia
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
1.00
1.20
1.40
1.6032
00 B
.C.E
.
3120
B.C
.E.
3040
B.C
.E.
2960
B.C
.E.
2880
B.C
.E.
2800
B.C
.E.
2720
B.C
.E.
2640
B.C
.E.
2560
B.C
.E.
2480
B.C
.E.
2400
B.C
.E.
2320
B.C
.E.
2240
B.C
.E.
2160
B.C
.E.
2080
B.C
.E.
2000
B.C
.E.
1920
B.C
.E.
1840
B.C
.E.
1760
B.C
.E.
1680
B.C
.E.
1600
B.C
.E.
1520
B.C
.E.
1440
B.C
.E.
1360
B.C
.E.
1280
B.C
.E.
1200
B.C
.E.
1120
B.C
.E.
1040
B.C
.E.
960
B.C
.E.
880
B.C
.E.
800
B.C
.E.
720
B.C
.E.
640
B.C
.E.
560
B.C
.E.
Ter
rito
ry S
ize
(in
MM
2 )
Egypt Sumer Akadia Babylon Elam Assyria Mitanni Urartu Hittites
Egypt and the Mesopotamian Empires
0.00
0.10
0.20
0.30
0.40
0.50
0.60
0.70
0.80
0.9032
00 B
.C.E
.
3120
B.C
.E.
3040
B.C
.E.
2960
B.C
.E.
2880
B.C
.E.
2800
B.C
.E.
2720
B.C
.E.
2640
B.C
.E.
2560
B.C
.E.
2480
B.C
.E.
2400
B.C
.E.
2320
B.C
.E.
2240
B.C
.E.
2160
B.C
.E.
2080
B.C
.E.
2000
B.C
.E.
1920
B.C
.E.
1840
B.C
.E.
1760
B.C
.E.
1680
B.C
.E.
1600
B.C
.E.
1520
B.C
.E.
1440
B.C
.E.
1360
B.C
.E.
1280
B.C
.E.
1200
B.C
.E.
1120
B.C
.E.
1040
B.C
.E.
960
B.C
.E.
880
B.C
.E.
800
B.C
.E.
720
B.C
.E.
640
B.C
.E.
560
B.C
.E.
Ter
rito
ry S
ize
(in M
M2 )
Sumer Akadia Babylon Elam
Southern Mesopotamia
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
1.4
1.620
00 B
.C.E
.
1960
B.C
.E.
1920
B.C
.E.
1880
B.C
.E.
1840
B.C
.E.
1800
B.C
.E.
1760
B.C
.E.
1720
B.C
.E.
1680
B.C
.E.
1640
B.C
.E.
1600
B.C
.E.
1560
B.C
.E.
1520
B.C
.E.
1480
B.C
.E.
1440
B.C
.E.
1400
B.C
.E.
1360
B.C
.E.
1320
B.C
.E.
1280
B.C
.E.
1240
B.C
.E.
1200
B.C
.E.
1160
B.C
.E.
1120
B.C
.E.
1080
B.C
.E.
1040
B.C
.E.
1000
B.C
.E.
960
B.C
.E.
920
B.C
.E.
880
B.C
.E.
840
B.C
.E.
800
B.C
.E.
760
B.C
.E.
720
B.C
.E.
680
B.C
.E.
640
B.C
.E.
Ter
rito
ry S
ize
(in
MM
2 )
Assyria Mitanni Urartu Hittites
Northern Mesopotamia
Population in thousands
Largest Egyptian and Mesopotamian Cities
2000 BCE1600 BCE
1350 BCE1200 BCE
1000 BCE800 BCE
650 BCE
20
40
60
80
100
120
Largest Egyptian City
Largest Mesopotamian City