Comparative Civilizations Review Volume 78 | Number 78 Article 3 4-2018 The oP wer Configurations of the Central Civilization / World System in the 11th Century David Wilkinson Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/ccr Part of the Comparative Literature Commons, History Commons, International and Area Studies Commons, Political Science Commons, and the Sociology Commons Recommended Citation Wilkinson, David (2018) "The oP wer Configurations of the Central Civilization / World System in the 11th Century," Comparative Civilizations Review: Vol. 78 : No. 78 , Article 3. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/ccr/vol78/iss78/3 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the All Journals at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Comparative Civilizations Review by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact
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