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The above assumption is challenged by scholars of metric approach to history. Cesare Marchetti and [[Jesse H. Ausubel]] argued that the size of |
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empires corresponds to two weeks of travel from the capital to the rim using the fastest transportation system available. Airplane permits global empire because any place can be reached within less than two weeks, though for political reasons we may have to wait a couple more generations (from 2013) to see a global empire. |
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Marchetti, Cesare, & Ausubel, Jesse H. (2013). "Quantitative dynamics of human empires," p 2, 49, https://phe.rockefeller.edu/docs/empires_booklet.pdf |
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Adapted from idem (2012). ''International Journal of Anthropology'', vol 27 (1–2): p 1–62. |
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The above assumption is challenged by scholars of metric approach to history. Cesare Marchetti and Jesse H. Ausubel argued that the size of empires corresponds to two weeks of travel from the capital to the rim using the fastest transportation system available. Airplane permits global empire because any place can be reached within less than two weeks, though for political reasons we may have to wait a couple more generations (from 2013) to see a global empire.
Marchetti, Cesare, & Ausubel, Jesse H. (2013). "Quantitative dynamics of human empires," p 2, 49, https://phe.rockefeller.edu/docs/empires_booklet.pdf Adapted from idem (2012). International Journal of Anthropology, vol 27 (1–2): p 1–62.