A systematic methodology to evaluate historical events from the perspective of the Law of Progress, distinguishing between material advances and moral transformations of humanity.
MAHE (Historical-Evolutionary Analysis Methodology) was developed to transcend traditional descriptive historiography. Instead of just recording "what happened", we seek to understand the evolutionary meaning of each event in humanity's trajectory.
Material, technical, territorial
Infrastructure, technology, geographic expansion
Ethical, moral, spiritual
Consciousness, human dignity, universal values
What is a Methodology?
An organized set of concepts, principles, and tools that serves as a reference for analyzing or building something. Unlike an isolated theory, a methodology integrates: (1) what to observe, (2) how to name, (3) how to apply, and (4) how to adapt, allowing consistent use by different people.
Each event is evaluated through four independent dimensions
Analyzes the driving force that generated the event. What feeling or desire was behind this action?
Action based on ego, territorial conquest, imposition of will
Instinctive reaction to threats, defensive wars, protectionism
Pursuit of technical knowledge, scientific discovery
Artistic manifestation, pursuit of beauty, translation of feelings
Action based on altruism, charity, social justice
Quantitative metric derived from qualitative analysis
The score is composed of the weighted sum of four axes, with possibility of contextual adjustment, and adjusted by a hierarchical model that considers synergies, minimum floors, and maximum ceilings.
Where:
Normalization: The raw score is normalized to a 0-10 scale.
ICE Scale
points (normalized)
Events are grouped into 4 classes based on ICE
The manifestation of divine laws on Earth through events that generate proven large-scale transformative impact.
Life and work of great missionaries, spiritual revelations that founded religions, teachings of universal wisdom that became civilizational pillars.
Events that serve as beacons; they don't just change history, they effectively change the human being.
The intersection between intellect and sentiment.
Sublime works of art, advances in curative medicine, abolition of slavery, peace treaties, classical philosophy.
They represent the awakening of human dignity and the appreciation of life.
The development of intellect and civility.
Great industrial inventions, founding of cities, civil law codes, mathematical discoveries.
They create the 'stage' and necessary conditions for moral progress to occur.
Events focused on matter, power disputes, or survival.
Territorial battles, coups d'état, economic crises, fleeting cultural fads.
Necessary for human experience but of low value for collective spiritual evolution.
What ICE represents and what it doesn't
MAHE is a technical analysis tool, not moral judgment. Understanding its limits is essential for correctly interpreting results.
A great battle may have low ICE (Class D) even being historically relevant. This doesn't mean it was "insignificant", but that its evolutionary legacy, in terms of moral or intellectual transformation of humanity, was limited or transitory.
A philosophical work may have high ICE even being little known by the general public, if its principles permanently influenced human thought and people's dignity.
A technological advance revolutionary may have moderate ICE (Class C) if its impact was primarily material, creating infrastructure for progress but without directly altering humanity's ethical consciousness.
35 questions organized in 9 categories
MAHE is a rigorous interpretive model that offers an alternative lens for historical analysis. Its strength lies in transparency (axioms, criteria, and formulas are public), reproducibility (discrete taxonomy allows consistent classification), utility (non-trivial insights about evolutionary patterns), and flexibility (Evolutionary Observatory allows testing different configurations).
The invitation is to use MAHE as one lens , complementary, not substitute , to understand humanity's evolutionary journey.
"The goal is not just to record what happened, but to understand what humanity learned and how much it still needs to learn"
Saulo Amui - creator of Timeline and MAHE