POLI 2057 Chapter : Political Science 2057 Ch 2
Document Summary
When one examines world history we get a sense of how the world has evolved over time. One can use this historical knowledge whether the world has experienced more change or more continuity. The importance of history could also be seen in the fact that many world events are temporary recent events that happen on the international scene can only be explained by looking at them with a historical perspective. One could argue that history serves as the raw material to build theories in explaining or understanding world politics. Rise and decline of power: polarity - distribution of power in the international system. Argument could be made role of religion was so big that countries and entities were defined based on their religious affiliation. 30 year war marked a decline in the effects of religion. U. s: cold war safer warsaw pact did its thing over there and nato did its thing over here.
