Trajectories of State Formation in Eurasia: A Discussion

»Trajektorien der Staatsbildung in Eurasia: eine Diskussion«. 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 is...

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Published in:Historical social research (Köln) 2011-01, Vol.36 (2 (136)), p.343-371
Main Authors: Paolilli, Antonio Luigi, Pollice, Fabio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ancient history
Appropriate technology
Arab Countries
Asia
Cliometrics
Cooperation
Development economics
Economic competition
Economic development
Economic models
Economic systems
Empires
Eurasia
Europe
Evolution
Geographic regions
historische Sozialforschung
India
Modernity
Peoples Republic of China
Productivity growth
Sozialgeschichte
Staatenbildung
State Formation
Technological innovation
Territories
Trajectories
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Summary:»Trajektorien der Staatsbildung in Eurasia: eine Diskussion«. 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, trying to outline an interpretative hypothesis about 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.
ISSN:0172-6404
DOI:10.12759/hsr.36.2011.2.343-371