角川まんが学習シリーズ 世界の歴史 2 古代社会と思想家たち 紀元前六〇〇~紀元元年

角川まんが学習シリーズ 世界の歴史 #2

by 羽田 正

都市などの小さな単位がまとまって大きな国家が生まれた時期です。ギリシアではポリスと呼ばれる都市同士の争いの末にアレクサンドロスの大帝国ができ、都市ローマは征服によって領土を拡大します。マウリヤ朝が北インドを統一、東アジアでは秦が大帝国を築きます。争いが続き不安定な各地で、人間と世界について深く考える思想家が現れました。彼らの思想は現代世界にも大きな影響を与えています。

Tankobon Hardcover

Reviews

[Peter · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this series. History is easy to understand when people are acting it out for you.

Come for the Zoroastrians banishing the Manicheans in Mesopotamia, stay for the Taoists fighting amongst themselves in China. (I thought the essence of Taoism was to abide, so WTF?) But, seriously, if even co-religionists can’t agree, what hope do the rest of us have?

In addition to covering the start of Buddhism, Jainism, Hinduism, and Confucianism, this volume also features that egotistical Macedonian tool, Alexander ‘the Great’, a genius at never knowing when to stop. All during his march across Asia there is no sign of Alexander’s teacher, Aristotle, except for the cracks in Aristotle’s gravestone, caused, no doubt, from all the spinning.

Still, a good solid guide to world history that is not primarily about wars (although there is a lot of fighting in China and the Mediterranean), but rather, about how societies are organized, the nature of power, the development of religion and philosophy, etc. So, almost everything you could want in a history.