Mechanics of History

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What is this page about?

This Web site presents the history theory developed in 1990-2002. Mechanics of History is a collection of models and laws that explain the strongest historical, and economic processes. You will not find here many facts from history (except some links to historic sites). This page is devoted to present my work, so if you search for important information, you better click out.
But:

If you are interested in mechanisms that drive the history, and want to see some explanations, why our history was as it was.

If you are interested what would happen if history took another path, and moreover when these “alternative variants of history” were possible, and when not.

If you are interested in scientific explanation of history.

If you want to learn tools that helps to predict events like South-Asia Crisis (1997) or fall of president Fujimori in Peru (2000).

This page will probably satisfy you.

This material consists of five parts:

Introduction
Some basics foundations, and some author's remarks about basic powers that drive history are shortly described here.

Political Systems
Classification of political systems (feudal system, populistic system, democratic system), and related tools (like GPI). This page explains why the ancient Athens democracy was not a democracy, but ancient Rome was, why Rome and Great Britain built great empires, and where dictatorships and totalitarian systems come from.
Laws for History
Description of the basic historical schemas, and processes. This page explains reasons that stands behind the rise, and fall of historical countries, and reason for upspring, and domination of Europe.
Economics Tools
Description of the basic economics tools used here. This page presents the classification of economic crises (stagflation crisis, overproduction crisis), and mechanics that stands behind them. Explains when economy should be stimulated by government, and when not. Why sometimes a free trade will not work - the flaws of Comparative Advantage Theory.
The World History Rewritten
Short world history as from the point of view of author. This page contains more facts from history (and links) than other pages presented here, and is probably the most readable part of this site.

Apology:

I presented here only about 1% of whole theory (or even less).
Because of that I have to use many simplifications, and I am not saying a word about many doubts I still have, and phenomena I do not understand.
I have not enough space here to present all consequences of presented laws, and every connection between them. You have to do it by your own.
And the last but not least, sorry for my weak English.

Alternate version of this page
(in case of technical problems)

The basic knowledge you should have to read this material:

Basic knowledge of economy (including microeconomics, and macroeconomics). Material from the first year of college course should be enough. (The Digital Economist, Essential Principles of Economics, Principles of Economics, History of Economic Thought)
Terminology used in the institutional economics (institutions, transaction costs, etc.).
Comparative advantage theory used by economists to explain rationality of free trade. (Basic introduction, International Trade Theory)
Complete knowledge about general world history. (Historia)
At minimum history of: England, Ancient Rome, USA, Ancient Greece, France, Italy, Switzerland, Poland or Hungary, Russia, India, and China (Wikipedia, History of Countries, Countries of the World). Each book you need to read should have about 400-500 pages (shortest books will not work) an should include economic, and institutional background, plus a few words about social conflicts (should not be only a description of wars, and battles).
Knowledge of the history of other countries will not hurt.
It also be good to know the base terminology used by major scientist that writes about processes that drives the history, for example: Karl Marx, Max Webber, Immanuel Wallerstein or Paul Kennedy. (History of Economic Thought)
A short contact with political game like Avalon Hill's "Diplomacy", and with game theory could help to understand some elements I present here.

Special thanks to Sławomir Maszewski
April-June 2003

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