translation.en: You might argue that the story, the history of civilizations, has been civilizations gathered around seas -- with the first ones around the Mediterranean, the more recent ones in the ascendents of Western power around the Atlantic.
translation.zh: 也许你会从文明进化史角度和我争论 文明起源于沿海地带 地中海沿岸是其中之一 西方最近一次的势力增长在大西洋沿岸