Bronze Age World System Cycles [and Comments and Reply]

Comments, 405-418, Reply, 419-429. Assesses the geographical extent of the world system, which dates its cyclical ups & downs to the Bronze Age &, at least preliminarily, to the early Iron Age. Because the world system & its cycles have long determined the political, economic, & cult...

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Published in:Current anthropology 1993-08, Vol.34 (4), p.383-429
Main Authors: Frank, Andre Gunder, Algaze, Guillermo, Barceló, J. A., Chase-Dunn, Christopher, Edens, Christopher, Friedman, Jonathan, Gilman, Antonio, Gosden, Chris, Harding, A. F., Joffe, Alexander H., Knapp, A. Bernard, Kohl, Philip L., Kristiansen, Kristian, Lamberg-Karlovsky, C. C., McNeill, J. R., Muhly, J. D., Sherratt, Andrew, Sherratt, Susan
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Language:English
Subjects:
Ancient economies
Antiquity
Archaeological paradigms
Archaeology
Bronze age
Cities
Climate change
Economic fluctuations
Empirical evidence
Geography
Hegemony
Trade
World economy
World System Theory
World systems
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Summary:Comments, 405-418, Reply, 419-429. Assesses the geographical extent of the world system, which dates its cyclical ups & downs to the Bronze Age &, at least preliminarily, to the early Iron Age. Because the world system & its cycles have long determined the political, economic, & cultural opportunities faced by regions, peoples, institutions, & leaders, it is thought that this task is both wide & deep: wide in that this single system encompasses much of Europe & Africa; deep in that it has persisted for more than 5,000 years. Comments are offered by: Guillermo Algaze, J. A. Barcelo, Christopher Chase-Dunn, Christopher Edens, Jonathan Friedman, Antonio Gilman, Chris Gosden, A. F. Harding, Alexander H. Joffe, A. Bernard Knapp, Philip L. Kohl, Kristian Kristiansen, C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky, J. R. McNeill, J. D. Muhly, & Andrew Sherratt & Susan Sherratt. In Reply, Frank groups comments according to the substance of their criticisms: cycle datings & phase identifications, allegations about the world system, mechanisms of the world system, accumulation of capital & migration, reification vs diffusionism, evidence, & usefulness. 210 References. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0011-3204
1537-5382
DOI:10.1086/204184