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Examines the Neo-Assyrian Empire of the tenth-seventh century B.C. to argue that the Assyrians' use of new innovations in administrative technology not only greatly helped to assure the growth of their empire but was the primary reason they were able to become the first large empire of the central world-system core. Ironically, innovations like standardized weight systems, currency rationalization, & taxation mechanisms were originally developed by semi-peripheral states outside the Assyrian Empire but later turned into tools of imperial stabilization. The nature, extent, & length of Assyrian hegemony are described. Three phases of Assyrian expansion are identified: agricultural intensification; the discovery of trade; & western expansion into the very different territory of Levant & Egypt. Different methods of control used by the Assyrians included the manipulation of elites, trade manipulation, bureaucratic co-optation, & the control of capital for trade ventures. The implications for world systems theory are discussed. References. J. Lindroth

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