The Emergence Machine

World War

abstract · History · Level 10 · 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

World war emerges as a global conflict involving multiple countries and continents, characterized by the use of violence and force, and studied and recorded in history as a significant event in the past.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
world war
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L4L2L1L0World WarWarConflictWeaponHistoryPolitics… intermediate l…ForceFormInformationLandActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesWorld WarL10HistoryL4WarL9E1 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 world war
  • War L9 (requires)
    world war builds on the concept of war