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Trajectories of state formation in Eurasia: a discussion
Trajektorien der Staatsbildung in Eurasia: eine Diskussion
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Abstract Two questions have often been posed: 1) Why did humanity not take the path of Modernity already in Ancient times? 2) Why was it Europe that undertook the development towards Modernity? In this paper we will present an overview of these issues, rying to outline an interpretative hypothesis bout the... view more
Two questions have often been posed: 1) Why did humanity not take the path of Modernity already in Ancient times? 2) Why was it Europe that undertook the development towards Modernity? In this paper we will present an overview of these issues, rying to outline an interpretative hypothesis bout the propulsive role that the presence, after the fall of the Roman Empire, of a plurality of political entities in a constant relation of competition and cooperation, had on the development of the European continent. At the same time we will analyze the evolutionary dynamics that pushed Europe, rather than China, India or the
Arab world, towards Modernity.... view less
Keywords
state formation; antiquity; modernity; economic development (on national level); economic system; political system
Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Free Keywords
ancient history; Eurasia; cliometrics
Document language
English
Publication Year
2011
Page/Pages
p. 343-371
Journal
Historical Social Research, 36 (2011) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.36.2011.2.343-371
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed