该书横跨15000年的人类漫长发展史,围绕全球文明重心的迁移,就西方何时开始主宰世界等重大问题展开阐述,对决定经济和社会发展趋势的诸多因素进行了定量描述,以此追寻经济和社会的过去、现在和未来的演进。本书作者、著名历史学家伊恩·莫里斯试图解决人们对全球发展的几大疑问,总结出我们应该如何思考21世纪,以及为何东方将成为未来的主人等问题。最重要的是,对于关心中国文明演进、社会进步和国家发展的读者, Across the long history of mankind’s development of 15,000 years, this book traces the global civilization center of gravity and elaborates on the major issues such as when the West began to dominate the world and quantitatively describes many factors that determine the trend of economic and social development. The evolution of economy, society, past, present and future. Ian Morris, the author and famous historian, tries to solve several major questions about global development and concludes with questions on how we should think about the 21st century and why the East will become the future owner. Most importantly, for readers concerned about the evolution of Chinese civilization, social progress and national development,