Historical Transition of the State

　Introduction

　This history book examines Japanese and Western history and advocates the evolution of history.
　Do readers believe that history determines the shape of countries?
　For example, the world today is roughly divided into two conflicting groups of states: one group of democracies and the other group of despots. The former are the Western European countries, the USA and Japan, etc., where the people are sovereign, and the latter are Russia, China and North Korea, etc., where dictators hold sovereignty.
　The conflict between democracies and autocracies is extremely dangerous for humanity, but neither of them was born suddenly in the 21st century, but it was created by history over the course of 2,000 years.
　Now all the democratic countries that exist were once autocracies. For example, more than 1000 years ago Western countries and Japan were despotic countries, because people were ruled by ancient kings with full powers of state. The reason why an autocratic country transitioned into a democracy was because the people rejected and overthrew tyranny, and because they founded a feudal medieval state and finally advanced to a democratic modern country.
　A democracy in the 21st century is a country with an advanced history and a country built on the denial of tyranny. On the other hand, the tyranny of the 21st century is a country that has not evolved in history and a country where a tyrant still rules. The two are already antagonistic in their appearance. Therefore, the conflict between the two is historical and fateful, and it will not be resolved overnight. And the author considers the transition from tyranny to feudalism and from feudalism to democracy as the evolution of history.
　That's why this book explains in detail why and how people rejected and overthrew tyranny, why other people live under tyrannical rule from 2,000 years ago to today, why and how people developed feudalism and then founded medieval states, what caused the collapse of medieval states, and why medieval people had no choice but to build modern countries.
　This series of examinations will greatly overturn the existing view of history, and will force the addition and correction of many aspects to today's history textbooks. It is the advocacy of a new theory of historical evolution.
　At the end of this book, readers will feel the beauty and severity of the evolution of history, will find their own position in the great flow of history, and will be deeply moved.