The Emergence Machine

Civil War

abstract · History · Level 10 · E11

E11Organizations

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

civil-war emerges from society. It requires history, time.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “civil war” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin word
bellum civile
Origin language
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Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L6L4L2L1L0Civil WarWarConflictSocietyCommunityWeaponCooperationGroupMilitaryHistoryObjectiveOrganismPolitics… intermediate l…ForceFormInformationLandActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesCivil WarL10HistoryL4GroupL6SocietyL8WarL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • History L4 (requires)
    history is a core concept needed to understand civil war
  • Group L6 (requires) polysemous
    Understanding group is foundational to the social concept of civil-war
  • Society L8 (required)
    Understanding civil-war requires knowledge of society.
  • War L9 (requires)
    civil war builds on the concept of war