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I have used the Egyptian example of nucleus organization because of the
phenomenal successes achieved by the Egyptians in maintaining an empire
for at least 3,000 years. For a considerable part of those thirty
centuries Egypt was top dog in the strategic area where Africa joins
Eurasia.
The nucleus is the hub from which the spokes of empire and of
civilization radiate. The radius of authority and the vast stretches of
occupied, exploited territory constitute the circumference of the wheel.
The nucleus is the center of wealth and power surrounded by a cluster
of associates and dependencies. The control, direction and
administration of the nucleus is parallelled by the control, direction
and administration of the total complex--the empire and/or the
civilization.
The development from nucleus to empire and from empire to civilization
creates three sets of political problems: those arising from the
administration of the nucleus; those arising out of contacts between the
nucleus and the circumference, between the associates and dependencies
and the nucleus, and those arising out of the determination of the
associates and dependencies to sever their connections with the nucleus,
win their independence, and take part in the unceasing efforts to
establish new nuclei, win the unending power struggle and shift the
power center.
Relationship between nucleus and periphery are the normal outcome of the
expansion of a nucleus into an empire.
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