麦作文明与稻作文明——释读《大河文明的诞生》

Wheat Civilization and Rice Civilization ——An interpretation of The Birth of the Great- river Civilizations

《大河文明的诞生》宏观地介绍了麦作文明与稻作文明的基本特征和根本区别,从环境与气候变化的角度上分析了美索不达米亚文明、印度河文明、埃及文明、黄河文明和绳纹文明诞生的原因。提出古代文明多元起源说,并利用此学说阐明了长江文明的存在,宣告了新的历史时代的到来。

The Birth of the Great- river Civilizations generally introduces the basic features and fundamental differences between wheat cultivation and rice cultivation,and analyzes the birth of Mesopotamia civilization,Indus civilization,Egypt civilization,Yangtze River civilization,and Jomon civilization in the perspective of environmental and climatic changes. The author puts forward the theory of the pluralistic origins concerning the ancient civilizations, with which he justifies the Yangtze River civilization,proclaiming the beginning of a new era of human history.