Notes to Chapter 21. From a Universe of Cities to the Universal City

April 2025

21.1 Development of the Bond of Solidarity
21.2 The Dynamic of Sovereignty
21.3 The Universal City
21.4 The Expansionistic Impulse
      21.4.1 Territorial Strategy
      21.4.2 Reconstitution of the Macro-Region: The Assyrian Ecumene
      21.4.3 Reconstitution of Syro-Mesopotamia: The Aramaic Ecumene
      21.4.4 Reconstitution of the Cosmopolis: The Imperial Ecumene
21.5 The Role of Personality
      21.5.1 The Concept
      21.5.2 Four Examples
      21.5.3 Relevance
21.6 The Re-Invention of the Mountain
21.7 The Longitudinal Fracture in Syria
21.8 The 'Houses' of the Steppe