| Summary: | This article examines the economic expansion and contraction in the Bronze Age Afro-Eurasia. The argument for linking economic fluctuations to the existence of a system was that the rough synchronization of economic cycling in various parts of the ancient world could serve as partial evidence for the existence of a single system pulsing to a singular rhythm. A schedule for ancient A and B phases was advanced and then followed by a discussion of applicable evidence. While the product will be focused on economic fluctuations, its review of the evidence will be comprehensive. In the end, the point is to create a database for considering claims about the number of ancient systems, its/their degree of integration, and the geographic scope of the systems under examination.
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