Люди и земли. История народов, территорий и государств и опыт их поисков своего места в мире

«Lyudy y zemly» – uvlekatelnaya y masshtabnaya knyga o tom, kak chelovechestvo pryshlo k tomu myru, v kotorom my zhyvyom segodnya. Ot pervykh zemledeltsev y kochevykh plemyon do voznyknovenyya gosudarstv y ymperyy avtor pokazyvaet, kak zemlya, yzlyshky, vlast y nasylye formyrovaly ystoryyu narodov y tsyvylyzatsyy. Eto ne sukhoy uchebnyk, a zhyvoe povestvovanye o vybore, oshybkakh y povorotnykh momentakh chelovecheskoy ystoryy. Knyga budet ynteresna vsem, kto khochet ponyat ystoky ekonomyky, neravenstva, voyn y gosudarstvennosty – y uvydet v drevnosty otrazhenye sovremennykh protsessov.

"People and Lands" is a fascinating and ambitious book about how humanity came to the world in which we live today. From the first farmers and nomadic tribes to the rise of states and empires, the author shows how land, surplus, power and violence shaped the history of peoples and civilizations. This is not a dry textbook, but a lively narrative about the choices, mistakes and turning points of human history. The book will be of interest to anyone who wants to understand the origins of economics, inequality, wars and statehood – and to see the ancient reflection of modern processes.