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Ibn Khaldun's term for cohesion or group solidarity, used here to explain why poor marginal peoples can conquer rich centers.
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Ibn Khaldun's term for cohesion or group solidarity, used here to explain why poor marginal peoples can conquer rich centers.
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model
Across history, the strongest nation in a region often does not win; the weakest or most marginalized area eventually conquers the civilized center and creates empire.
definition
Jiang defines a society's dynamism through energy, openness, and cohesion: willingness to work toward a goal, humility and resilience, and readiness to act as a sacrificing team.
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"And not only that, but then you can imagine that they would actually come conquer all of that but if you look at most..."
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"unified they are more they focus more on solidarity on working together whereas in the rich areas they become too individualistic they become too..."
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"they see themselves as a team are they willing to sacrifice themselves for each other are they a family okay so that's the idea..."
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A source-grounded reading of Jiang's World Game lecture: empires do not usually come from the obvious rich center.
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