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Western civilization has been the culmination of millennia of human civilization, creativity and development. In many ways, it can be considered as the apex of the development of human civilizations through the ages.Western civilization is the current reigning hegemony of the world.But how long will this hegemony last?When will it be replaced by another hegemon?Or when will it be reduced to being just one of the many superpowers of the future world?Is...
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The rise and fall of great civilizations on earth has always been intriguing stories to be told over and over again.This book provides a critical analysis of how the four greatest civilizations on earth arose, and how some of the great civilizations in history eventually declined or were completed wiped out.The book traces how the Western civilization evolved from its origin in the earliest Sumerian civilization in Mesopotamia and developed through...
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This book examines the long and eventful history of ancient China as it relates to its western frontiers and the famous ancient Silk Road. It looks at how the term "Western Frontiers" or "Western Territories" was first used in the classic "Han Book of History - Western Frontiers", closely associated with the epic travels of Zhang Qian, the Han dynasty diplomat-explorer extraordinaire. This was the region which the ancient Silk Road ran through. It...
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This book traces the long history of wars and peace in China, and the many civilized and uncivilized stages of Chinese history. It has often been said that China has a long history of over 5,000 years. But from the most recent archaeology, it is now known that its history may be as long as 20,000 years. The full story of the history of China is comprised of three very distinct periods. These are the Legendary History, Prehistory, and Recorded History....
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This book addresses the politics and our obsession about the origin of everything.
People often think that if you know the origin of something, you can understand it, do something about it, fix it, change it, explain it, manipulate it, use it to suit your purpose, use it to punish somebody, use it to claim credit, and even modify it to fit in with whatever you want to prove. But this is really the highly dangerous politics of origin.
The politics...
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