“The history of the world is but the biography of great men,” wrote the historian Thomas Carlyle in 1841. This so-called Great Man Theory of History has long since been discredited. Most historians now believe that kings and presidents have relatively little impact on ordinary people’s lives. Demography, climate and technology matter much more.
歷史學家托馬斯•卡萊爾(Thomas Carlyle)在1841年寫道：「世界歷史只是偉人們的傳記。」這種所謂的「偉人歷史理論」自那以來的很長時間裏受到人們的懷疑。大多數歷史學家如今認爲，國王和總統對普通人的生活相對沒什麼影響。人口結構、氣候和技術要重要得多。
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