MATHEMATICAL MODELS OF THE WORLD SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT
Extremely simple mathematical models are shown to be able to account for 99.2-99.91 per cent of all the variation in economic and demographic macrodynamics of the world for a few millennia of its history. This appears to suggest a novel approach to the formation of the general theory of social macroevolution and throws a new light on our understanding of globalization processes. Against the background of the mathematical models discussed in this article the fact that the world population growth followed the hyperbolic pattern indicates that the majority of the world population already functioned within a single system in this period.