Exchange
and Imitation in the Postclassical
World
nThree
characteristics highlighted the importance of imitating
established centers.
nExpanding commercial contacts and missionary activity
connected once excluded regions to established civilizations.
nThe best established civilizations were in roughly
the same areas once occupied by the classical civilizations.
nThey were surrounded by areas where there were
less organized civilizations, who participated in the world
exchange at a disadvantage and attempted to imitate features of
the major centers.
