纳扬·昌达毕业于加尔各答著名的总统学院，获得历史学学位。他经常为《国际先驱论坛报》的观点版撰稿，也是布鲁金斯学会东北亚政策研究中心顾问委员会的成员，2005年获得了肖伦斯坦新闻奖。昌达还是“耶鲁全球在线”的创始人和主编。 译者简介 顾捷昕，安徽师范大学英语教师。从译数十年，一直坚持“英文理解，中文演绎”的原则。但是“演绎”实属走钢丝，必须在忠实于原著和圆通于译著之间找到平衡，唯有尽力而已。

Since humans migrated from Africa and dispersed throughout the world, they have found countless ways and reasons to reconnect with each other. In this entertaining book, Nayan Chanda follows the exploits of traders, preachers, adventurers, and warriors throughout history as they have shaped and reshaped the world. For Chanda, globalization is a process of ever-growing interconn...(展开全部)

The rise of Rome depended on fearsome military prowess, backed up by an unprecedented willingness to accept conquered enemies into society as Romans. This combination of the sword and the open hand built one of the world's greatest empires. Yet under the emperors the Roman army was far from the monolithic military machine that is generally assumed. The armies (plural) were mult...(展开全部)