In the three million years of human evolution, whoever can master advanced technology first will gain a stage lead and even destroy other competitors.
Therefore, writing a history of mankind from a geographical perspective is not only to review the evolutionary process of mankind, to show the many civilizations each with its own strengths, and to compare the successes and failures of the East and the West, but also to find the rules hidden behind geography and time, as well as those key technological nodes, to help everyone re-understand themselves and see clearly the direction of the future world.
The map contains the past, present and future of mankind, and each story will be played out repeatedly in different forms. Only by understanding the map can we understand the turbulent history; only by understanding the geography clearly can we see the new direction of the world in the future.
Open this book and you will see:
◎How do humans break away from the category of animals and transform into the spirit of all things?
◎Why did human civilization originate in the tropics and flourish in temperate zones?
◎Why did the Nile hinder the spread of civilization from Egypt to the hinterland of Africa, but instead promoted the emergence of a new type of marine civilization?
◎What enables humans to break through blood ties, expand communities, and unite more people? This brings not only the unity of internal and external beliefs, but also a mature social operating mechanism.
◎Why are other nations torn apart by foreign invasions, while China can be reunited even if it is beaten and forced to move south?
◎How did the Chinese people's "family-state" collectivism come into being? Why is this kind of top-down resource allocation not possible outside China?
◎What kind of gods a god can become is not determined by himself. The ultimate value of the existence of gods is to serve the humans who designed them.
◎Why did the scientific and industrial revolution appear in the West? What unique advantages does the East, represented by China, have in the information revolution that mankind is currently experiencing?
I especially like the part about the development of civilizations in the book. It allows me to understand the characteristics of different civilizations and the reasons for their success or failure. Moreover, the maps in the book are also very interesting, allowing me to intuitively understand the changes in history. All in all, this is a great book worth reading!
It is an excellent fictional logical reasoning novel with rich geographical knowledge, knowledge of most historical events, and a touch of Western centralism.
I especially like the part about the development of civilizations in the book. It allows me to understand the characteristics of different civilizations and the reasons for their success or failure. Moreover, the maps in the book are also very interesting, allowing me to intuitively understand the changes in history. All in all, this is a great book worth reading!
It is an excellent fictional logical reasoning novel with rich geographical knowledge, knowledge of most historical events, and a touch of Western centralism.