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Original History of political science Edit
China section:

Despite common belief, Confucianism (also known as Ruism) and Taoism are known as religions, but are also core political philosophies. These political philosophies, in addition to Legalism and Mohism, originated from Ancient China during the Spring and Autumn period. This period in China's history was a Golden Age of Chinese philosophy, as it gave way to many different ideas which were discussed freely. During the Spring and Autumn period, things such as military strategy and political succession were influenced by the people’s focus on the spirits.

The four mentioned political philosophies are part of the six classical schools of thought in Chinese philosophy as determined by Sima Tan. During the Imperial Period, Confucianism modified with the times (being heavily influenced by Legalism) and dominated Chinese political philosophy

Hops India section
In India, Arthashastra of Chanakya was written in 3rd century B.C. which is noted as one of the earliest political science work in India. The Arthashastra is a treatise of political thought which discusses international relations, war strategies, and fiscal policies in addition to other subjects.

Looking back at the predecessors of ancient India’s politics leads to three of the four Vedas of Hinduism, as well as the Mahabharata and Pali Canon. The works from the Vedas include the Rigveda, Samhitas, and Bramanas. Approximately two hundred years after Chanakya’s time, the Manusmriti was published, becoming another essential political treatise for India at the time.

Hops Western Medieval section
The arena for political studies became more diluted with the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The increasing popularity of monotheism (Christianity in particular for the West) in this period brought about a new scope by which to examine politics and political action. The City of God by Augustine of Hippo merged Christianity’s political traditions and philosophies with current ones. It is in this way that works like his reformulated the line between what was considered political and what was religious. Political study became commonplace within churches and courts during the Middle Ages, and most questions politically involving the relationship between the church and state were examined during this time period.

Hops Middle East section
Aristotelians of the Middle East (such as Avicenna and Maimonides) kept the Aristotelian traditions of empiricism and analysis alive by writing commentaries on Aristotle’s works. Arabia later moved from Aristotle’s ideology of political science, shifting to focus on Plato’s work titled Republic. With this shift, Republic became the base of Judeo-Islamic political philosophy as can be seen in the works of Al-Farabi and Averroes. ^citation 7 from OG article

Evidence of political analysis in medieval Persia can be seen in works like the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Edward Fitzgerald and Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh.


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