# kaal:claim:3782192-029

**Claim.** Ancient Egypt and China remained remarkably stable for thousands of years because of the protocol decentralization fostered by their Rule of Virtue legal systems.

**Type.** empirical  **Support.** asserted

**Holds when.**

- ancient Egypt and China under Rule of Virtue legal systems

**Source quote.**

> An- cient Egypt and China were remarkably stable for thousands of years due to the pro- tocol decentralization fostered by their Rule of Virtue legal system.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Introduction to Decentralization* (2021), History, page 8

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Introduction to Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782192

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**Topics.** decentralization, law-and-legal-systems, institutional-design

**Keywords.** rule-of-virtue, protocol-decentralization, legal-history, institutional-stability

**Related claims.**

- restated_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782193-004

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