From Yellow River Civilization to The Belt And Road Initiative (Vol.1) (Chinese Edition)

This book first tells about the civilization development and contest of land power and sea power and it interprets the historical process of the East and the West with the clues of the shift of land power and sea power and details of geography, economy, politics, etc. It covers politics, economy, culture and military, enlightening to the Chinese society in revival period. History has limits, so has human understanding. Thus, we should not stand on today's height to despise the ancient people and nor should we overestimate our discernment today. When Ying Zheng proclaimed himself emperor, he did not expect that empire Qin would end in the second generation in his son's hands. When Liu Bang became emperor, he could never dream the Han dynasty last four hundred years. What will China's future be? Will the dream of being a global power with land and sea rejoining be achieved? Will everyone's life be changed by it? This book will shed some lights for our thinking.