On the Borders of World-Systems: Contact Zones in Ancient and Modern Times

Edited by Yervand Margaryan

Book cover: On the Borders of World-Systems: Contact Zones in Ancient and Modern Times

Extent: 150 pages

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing

Subjects: Ancient Egypt

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(December 2020)

ISBN: 9781789693416

6.1 x 9.25 inches

Price: $40.00

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This work examines the historical, archaeological, and political interpretations of world-systems theory and geocivilizational analysis. The macrosociological issues of ancient and modern history are presented through five case-studies, concentrating on the Taurus-Caucasus region, which functioned as a contact zone throughout the dif


On the Borders of World-Systems: Contact Zones in Ancient and Modern Times draws on a diverse set of disciplines to explore historical, archaeological, and political interpretations of world-systems theory and geocivilizational analysis. The monograph has a prospective character, the main goal of which is the solution of a major problem – the study of worldwide practice, oriented towards the problems of the modern social world as a system. The principal focus is on the borderland – limes, which has been perceived variously as an impenetrable cordon, and as an open, interactive environment. In this locus of inter-world encounters, different civilizations developed, and an exchange of goods and ideas took place. Macrosociological issues of ancient and modern history are analyzed through five case studies of the Taurus-Caucasus region and its role as a contact zone in different periods.

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