Great Empires in History: a Brief Global History of Violence and Peace in 2000 Years

About This Novel

Countless huge ancient empires have been born in the history of the world. Some of them were short-lived, some fell apart, and some of the empires' spiritual legacies continue to this day. The age of the empire seems to be no different from the world we live in today. The empire's administrative and financial structures are all in place. It has successfully placed the old, weak, women and children under the protection of the empire, and used civilization and regulations to liberate the world from violence and barbarism. However, while the imperial society gave up its arms around peaceful development, it also suffered from financial burdens and internal and external intrusions from frontier barbarians until the empire's demise. How are empires born? Why did the empire collapse? This constitutes the main line of human civilization history for more than 2,000 years. Inspired by the medieval Islamic philosopher and historian Ibn Khaldun, the author explores the reasons for the rise and fall of empires around the theme of "violence and peace". In the early days of the empire, violence was relied upon to establish power; in the heyday of material civilization, peace was advocated and disarmament was advocated; until the end of the empire, rulers became arrogant and extravagant, causing power to change hands. In the eyes of Ibn Khaldun, the survival of the empire cannot last beyond three generations. Using Khaldun's wonderful discussion as a framework, the author extends this theory to cover the entire human history in the three continents of Asia, Africa, and Europe. He also raised questions about the modern world after the age of empires. After the Industrial Revolution, empires were gradually replaced by numerous nation-states. In a world where seemingly peaceful populations settled, will globalization, aging, and population migration constitute new factors of instability? Will world powers fall like great empires in history?

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