Trade and warfare in cross-cultural perspective

Social Evolution & History Vol/Iss. 7 Published In Pages: 40-55
By Korotayev, Andrey V.

Hypothesis

Threat of natural disasters will be negatively related to warfare frequency in state societies

Note

In opposite direction to the Ember and Ember (1992) finding for nonstate societies

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Spearman’s rank-order correlationSupportedp<.05-.77UNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Unpredictable Natural DisastersIndependentDisasters
Warfare FrequencyDependentIngroup Antagonisms, Instigation Of War, War Veterans