《紐約時報》暢銷書 • 本書出自世界知名歷史學家兼哲學家尤瓦爾‧赫拉利之手,他是暢銷書《人類簡史》的作者。這是暢銷書《勢不可擋的我們》系列的第二卷,追溯了人類從農業革命到史前埃及的發展歷程。
人類或許征服了世界,但之後發生了什麼事?我們的狩獵採集祖先是如何變成鄉村農民的?王國和法律為何建立?我們又是如何從地球的主宰變成彼此的主宰?
為什麼世界不公平?
所有這些問題的答案,都將由一個你聽過的最奇特的故事來解答。而且,這是一個真實的故事!
從耕種土地、共享資源,到建造金字塔、繳稅,準備好探索人類如何建立文明,如何承受文明帶來的後果,以及在過程中如何創造出改變歷史的偉大發明。
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From world-renowned historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari, the bestselling author of Sapiens, comes the second volume in the bestselling Unstoppable Us series that traces human development from the Agricultural Revolution to Prehistoric Egypt.
Humans may have taken over the world, but what happened next? How did our hunter-gatherer ancestors become village farmers? Why were kingdoms and laws established? How did we go from being the rulers of Earth to the rulers of each other?
And why isn’t the world fair?
The answer to all of that is one of the strangest tales you’ll ever hear. And it’s a true story!
From cultivating land and sharing resources to building pyramids and paying taxes, prepare to discover how humans established civilization, endured the consequences for it, and created history-changing inventions along the way.
In Unstoppable Us, Volume 1: How Humans Took Over the World, acclaimed author Yuval Noah Harari explored the early history of humankind. In Volume 2, he is back with another expertly crafted story of how human society evolved and flourished. His dynamic writing is accompanied by maps, a timeline, and full-color illustrations, making the incredible story of our past fun, engaging, and impossible to put down.




