Complexity, Diminishing Marginal Returns, and Serial Mesopotamian Fragmentation
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of World-Systems Research
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1076-156X
DOI: 10.5195/jwsr.2004.288