Title: A prototype for understanding the dynamics of invasion on empires

Authors: Kishore Dutta; Dhritiman Talukdar

Addresses: Department of Physics, Handique Girls' College, Guwahati 781 001, India ' Department of Physics, Handique Girls' College, Guwahati 781 001, India

Abstract: In the evolution of every great empire of antiquity, the process of invasion was so inextricably interwoven that even the most powerful empire was incapable of escaping its barbarising effect. A sudden invasion imposed major perturbation to a massive, centrally-organised system within a relatively shorter period and became a long-lasting destabilising factor that brought drastic changes in the productivity, economy, man-power, and social order of the system. In order to understand such vibrant dynamics as the interplay between competition and cooperation, here we show how a simple prototype can be constructed by taking into account some of the essential socio-physical processes in their simplest settings. The simulation of the model visualises how the outcomes depend on factors such as the strength of the invaders, defensive manoeuvre of the empire and its internal configuration.

Keywords: competition and cooperation; centrally-organised system; historical pro-cesses; imperial invasion; computational model.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSSS.2023.135916

International Journal of Society Systems Science, 2023 Vol.14 No.4, pp.269 - 281

Received: 29 Mar 2022
Received in revised form: 17 Sep 2022
Accepted: 01 Jan 2023
Published online: 09 Jan 2024 *

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