Of course, over the past few centuries. Magna Carta, Bill of Rights, Polish-Lithuanian Constitution and many other central documents limiting powers of the high

Of course, over the past few centuries. Magna Carta, Bill of Rights, Polish-Lithuanian Constitution and many other central documents limiting powers of the highest ruler. As an example more familiar to me - Kievan Rus and its region (modern day Ukraine, Russia). Duchies in the region had been closely following western Europe countries, right up until Golden Horde invasion and continued occupation. After that few centuries of despotia, then Russian Empire, then USSR effectively destroyed almost all collaborative culture. But on the other hand western Ukraine managed to avoid most of that and preserved its culture over the centuries. And so in the 21st century that preserved core managed to jump-start democratic revolution in the country, while protests in Russia mostly fizzled out, with some exceptions of course.