Empire Dynamics of China
* Article: The Life Cycle Model and Empire Dynamics of China. Peng Lu and Dianhan Chena.
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"aims to investigate the rise and fall process of major empires (N=18) in the 2132-year history of China, from BC 221 to AD 1912. The core principle is to find the optimal solution, which achieves the best matching between simulated and real target empires."