2. A great pioneering work: breaking through the historical boundaries before and after the invention of writing.
The era before the invention of writing is the specialty of biologists and archaeologists; The era after the invention of writing is the specialty of historians, political scientists and economists;
The works of many famous historians lack the vision of genetics or ecology. How can we make these two periods of history have a consistent macro interpretation without faults?
This book is different from Guns, Germs and Steel. It looks at the development of human society from the perspective of biology and environment, and it is also different from McNeill's World History. It depicts a world where human civilizations are intertwined. The history he wrote has a deep humanistic concern in science.
3. Fill three gaps in traditional human history:
The gap between historical view and philosophical view (providing profound philosophical thinking based on historical facts); The gap between human and ecosystem (the author thinks more about ecology than just human interests); The gap between the collective and the individual (to examine how historical events affected the lives of ordinary people at that time).
4. Four parts describe the great history of mankind:
The cognitive revolution of the brain 70,000 years ago (the ability to gossip, imagine things that don't exist, let strangers start cooperation and establish organizations).
The agricultural revolution before 65438+2000 (let us want more, produce more, and divide the work more and more finely),
The scientific revolution 500 years ago (brought rapid progress, gave us the power of God, but also brought destruction)
Money, Empire and Religion: Key Factors of Global Unity and Human Integration
5. A book to explore personal happiness.
With popular language and fresh perspective, we can examine individual happiness in the process of human development and never miss the most critical and interesting part of history. It covers biology, anthropology, philosophy, psychology, art, literature, ethics and many other fields. It involves many topics, such as happiness and the meaning of life. Some people say that this is a book about personal happiness.
6. A "slimming version" of human history.
If you give me a book, less than 500 pages, without many confusing years, names, places and titles, you can cover the important context of human history, such as how mankind rose and how capitalism, monotheism, liberal humanism and genetic engineering flourished ... just this one!
7. A mysterious book that triggered a multinational copyright war.
Won the Polanski Prize for creativity and originality in the humanities. 100 week, ranking first in Israel's bestseller list. In Britain, nine publishers bid wildly. 23 countries are competing to buy copyright. One week after listing in Taiwan Province Province, Jinshitang and Eslite ranked first in the historical bestseller list, eighth in the Eslite list, and the first two weeks in the Spanish list.