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

Giorgio Buccellati – August 2023

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