The Emergence Machine

Territory

abstract · Politics · Level 4 · E12

E12States

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

Territory is a defined area of land controlled by a state or other governing entity, where the shape and arrangement of matter, as governed by form, and the organized arrangement of particles in space, as governed by structure, allow for the complex patterns and transformations that give rise to a functioning government.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “territory”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
territory
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0TerritoryStateForceFormLandStructureActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesAnnexationL5BorderL5Boundary MarkersL5DominionL5ExileL5TerritoryL4ChangeL1StateL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Change L1 (requires)
    Understanding change helps understand the state-related concept of territory
  • State L3 (requires) Politics sense
    Remediation: break cycle

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