Includes bibliographical references (p. [417]-439) and index.

CONTENTS;
Introduction;
Part I: International Systems, World History, and International Relations Theory;
Chapter 1 Systems, History, Theory and the Study of International Relations;
Chapter 2 Competing Conceptions of the International System;
Chapter 3 Systemic Thinking in World History;
Chapter 4 The Theoretical Toolkit of this Book;
Chapter 5 Establishing Criteria for International Systems;
Part II: Systems in Pre-International World History;
Chapter 6 The Origins of Pre-International Systems;
Chapter7 The Transition from Pre-International to International Systems;
Part III: The Rise and Interlinkage of Multiple International Systems in the Ancient and Classical World;
Chapter 8 The New Units: City States, Empires and Barbarians as the Main Actors of the Ancient and Classical World;
Chapter 9 Interaction Capacity;
Chapter 10 Process
Chapter 11 Structure;
Part IV: The Establishment and Evolution of a Global International System;
Chapter 12 Units;
Chapter 13 Interaction Capacity;
Chapter 14 Process;
Chapter 15 Structure;
Part V: Speculations, Assessments, Reflections;
Chapter 17 What World History tells us about International Relations Theory;
Chapter 18 What International Relations Theory tells us about World History;
Chapter 19 Reflections;
Index.