Modeling environmental variability and network formation among pastoral nomadic households: Implications for the rise of the Mongol Empire.

We use agent-based computer simulation to test the effect of environmental conditions (available biomass/carrying capacity and environmental risk) on the development of wealth inequality and patron-client herding networks in nomadic pastoral economies. Our results show that 1) wealth inequality reac...

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Main Authors: Daniel R Shultz, Andre Costopoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223677