The Annales School tradition (represented most notably by Fernand Braudel) influenced Wallerstein to focusing on long-term processes and geo-ecological regions as unit of analysis.
Tradicija škole Anala (koju je najbolje predstavljao Fernand Brodel) uticala je na Valerštajna da se fokusira na dugoročne procese i geo-ekološke regione kao jedinice analize.