1. Explain the idea of “settlement system” and give examples. In what sense can nomads be said to have lived in settlement systems?
2. Describe and discuss explanations for the emergence of sedentism?
3. Discuss the spatial bounding of world-systems as systemic human interaction networks.
4. Discuss the relationships between religious and military power in the emergence of chiefdoms and early states.
5. Discuss explanations for the relationship between centralized power and the emergence of large cities.
6. What is a settlement size distribution? Discuss the reasons why geographers expect to find a rank-size or lognormal size distribution of settlements.
7. What might the size and location of the largest settlements on Earth over the past 6000 years tell us about the rise of complex civilizations?
8. Discuss the methods that are used to estimate the population sizes of settlements and the problems associated with these.
Each answer should be no longer than about 500 words about 1 and hlaf pages to 2 pages for each question
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