Как я стал государством

Gde poyavylos pervoe gosudarstvo na planete? Kogo greky nazyvaly ydyotamy? Chto takoe nalogy y gde ykh braly za shlyapy y borody? Pochemu my raduemsya «sobachym dnyam»? «Kak ya stal gosudarstvom» — knyga o proyskhozhdenyy y ystoryy gosudarstva. Vy naydyote otvety na seryoznye voprosy: chto takoe gosudarstvo y dlya chego ono nuzhno, otkuda gosudarstvo beryot dengy y na chto ykh tratyt, kto prydumyvaet zakony y kakye prava est u samykh yunykh grazhdan. O KNYGE OT AVTORA: «Ydeya obyasnyt detyam, kak y zachem poyavylos gosudarstvo, ne kazalas mne pryvlekatelnoy do tekh por, poka ystoryyu ne nachala yzuchat moya mladshaya doch. Ystorycheskye sobytyya staly kusochkamy pazla, kotorye nado bylo slozhyt dlya nee v ponyatnuyu, ynteresnuyu kartynku. Ya rasskazyvala ey glavy yz budushchey knyzhky, y eyo reaktsyya podskazyvala, gde nuzhno uproshchat, rezat yly shutyt na samye seryoznye temy».

Where did the first state on the planet appear? Who did the Greeks call idiots? What are taxes and where were they collected for hats and beards? Why do we celebrate "dog days"? "How I Became a State" is a book about the origin and history of the state. You will find answers to serious questions.: what is the state and what is it for, where does the state get money from and what does it spend it on, who comes up with laws and what rights do the youngest citizens have. ABOUT THE BOOK FROM THE AUTHOR: "The idea of explaining to children how and why the state appeared did not seem attractive to me until my youngest daughter began to study history. Historical events became pieces of a puzzle that had to be put together for her in an understandable, interesting picture. I was telling her chapters from a future book, and her reaction suggested where to simplify, cut, or joke about the most serious topics."