Oh yeah... Talking about a "Unipolar, Bipolar, or Anypolar" world during this period is really, IMHO, anachronistic. Ancient civilizations did not have anything close to the ability we have today of power projection or foreign and economic influence. It would be much better to discuss ancient civilizations in terms of "spheres of influence" instead, since most of the time they could only influence their immediate neighbours or their local neighbourhood (if special circumstances existed, such as the Med for the Romans).
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