公元1500年前后的地理大发现,拉开了不同国家相互对话和相互竞争的历史大幕,由此,大国崛起的道路有了全球坐标。500年来,在人类现代化进程的大舞台上,相继出现了九个世界性大国,它们是葡萄牙、西班牙、荷兰、英国、法国、德国、日本、俄罗斯和美国。大国兴衰更替的故事,留下了各具特色的发展道路和经验教训,启迪着今天,也影响着未来…… The great geographical discovery around 1500 AD opened the historical curtain of mutual dialogue and mutual competition among different countries. As a result, the path of the rise of great powers has global coordinates. Over the past 500 years, nine major world powers have emerged on the big stage of the process of human modernization. They are Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Russia and the United States. The story of the rise and fall of the great powers has left behind distinctive development paths and experiences and lessons, enlightening today and affecting the future.