Sekai Shi Josetsu Asia Shi Kara Ichibo Suru (Chiku Ma Shinsho)

[Machine Translation] Nomadism, agriculture, and trade. World history was born at the intersection of these three elements. At the boundary between nomadism and agriculture, trade emerged and the Silk Road appeared. Eventually, military power became more mobile, commercial finance developed to link remote areas, technological innovation occurred, and productive capacity expanded, finally leading to the emergence of the Mongol Empire. Then came the dawning of the Age of Discovery, and the appearance of Western Europe and India on the stage. When we look at history from this perspective, how do "Greek and Roman Civilization," "The European Miracle," "The Great Divergence," and "The Modernization of Japan" fit into the picture? This book looks at the entire Eurasian region and the maritime world, from ancient times to the present day. This is a new comprehensive history that overturns the Western-centered view of history and boldly and clearly explains the "structure of world history"!

遊牧・農耕・交易。この三つの要素が交叉する場所で世界史は誕生した。遊牧と農耕の境界で交易が興り、シルクロードが現れる。やがて軍事力が機動性を高め、遠隔地を結ぶ商業金融が発達し、技術革新が生じ、生産力を拡大して、ついにモンゴル帝国の出現にいたった。そして、大航海時代が幕を開け、西欧とインドが表舞台に登場すると...。こうした視座から歴史を俯瞰するとき、「ギリシア・ローマ文明」「ヨーロッパの奇跡」「大分岐」「日本の近代化」はどのように位置づけられるのか?ユーラシア全域と海洋世界を視野にいれ、古代から現代までを一望。西洋中心的な歴史観を覆し、「世界史の構造」を大胆かつ明快に語るあらたな通史、ここに誕生!