Vladimir Popov 1
Thompson W. Complexity, Diminishing Marginal Returns, and Serial Mesopotamian Fragmentation
2006,
vol. 5,
No. 1,
pp. 58–62
[issue contents]
In the paper the causes of centralization and decentralization of ancient societies are considered. As an analytical resource the theory of diminishing marginal returns of Joseph Tainter is involved. The basic indicators of processes of centralization and decentralization are growth of the population and increase or reduction of quantity of cities.
Citation:
Popov Vladimir Anatol'evich (2006) Uil'yam Tompson. Kompleksnost', sokrashchenie predel'nykh otdach i periodicheskaya fragmentatsiya Mesopotamii [Thompson W. Complexity, Diminishing Marginal Returns, and Serial Mesopotamian Fragmentation ] The Russian Sociological Review, 1, pp. 58-62 (in Russian)
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