穿越草原、沙漠与海洋
By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean
Barry W. Cunliffe · 初版 2016 年
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《从草原、沙漠到海洋》讲述的正是人类如何开始建造我们今天所知的这个全球化世界的故事。故事以从欧洲到中国的广阔大陆为舞台，跨越一万多年，从约公元前 9000 年农业的起源，一直讲到公元 13 世纪蒙古人的扩张。这是一部毫不讳言的“大历史”，勾勒出欧洲、近东与中国文明的发展，以及它们之间经由印度洋、《丝绸之路》和草原大通道（这条通道至关重要，使骑马者得以穿行……）日益紧密的联系。
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……有没有什么特别烂的例子，哪些雷区需要避开？举个例子，我认为有一本极好的通俗历史书，如果哪天我要写点历史向的东西，肯定会先翻翻它：巴里·坎利夫（Barry Cunliffe）写的《草原、荒漠与海洋：欧亚大陆的诞生》（By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean: The Birth of Eurasia）https://www.amazon.com/Steppe-Desert-Ocean-Birth-Eurasia/dp/... 关于 Twitter 的核心其实是这样的：你必须培养写好一个段落的技能……
…some really bad examples, some things to avoid? For example, here's what I think is an excellent popular history book, and if I ever wrote something with a historical bent, I'd flip though it first: "By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean: The Birth of Eurasia" by Barry Cunliffe https://www.amazon.com/Steppe-Desert-Ocean-Birth-Eurasia/dp/... The point about Twitter is really this: you have to develop the skill of composing a paragraph…
《草原、荒漠与海洋：欧亚大陆的诞生》[0] 我读了一半，它在阐释古代世界中市场的重要性方面写得极其出色。其中有个细节我觉得特别有意思，那就是……的出现
I'm part-way through "By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean: The Birth of Eurasia" [0] and it does a fantastic job of illustrating the significance of markets in the ancient world. One tidbit that struck me as particularly interesting was that the appearance of…
……也许可以走出去亲自体验一下 :) 如果你想要书单推荐的话：哲学方面，我推荐托马斯·内格尔的《这一切究竟意味着什么》（What Does It All Mean?）。历史方面我倒没太拿得出手的推荐——我挺喜欢《草原、荒漠与海洋》，但它内容不够完整，而且略微有点欧洲中心主义。指望单单一本书讲清真正的世界史可能确实有点强人所难。文学也是同理，甚至更甚——纯粹见仁见智。我超喜欢《……
…maybe go out and give some of it a try :) If you care for recommendations: For philosophy, I recommend "What does it all mean" by Thomas Nagel. I don't have a great recommendation for History - I like "By Steppe, Desert and Ocean", but it's incomplete & somewhat eurocentric. True world history in a single book is probably asking a bit much. Same goes for literature, but even more so - it's really a matter of taste. I adore "The…