Discover the meaning of humanity's history, understood as a quantitative pattern of humankind's development. Uncover humanity's direction during the last 44 thousand years and gain a quantitative understanding of where we've been and are heading. Explore the possible factors that could lead humankind off this trajectory and consider their relevance to people's lives in the near future.The book also unveils an encyclopedic list of more than 300 top innovations and other contributions to humankind.A review of world history has been done from a complex systems viewpoint.This book is intended for a broad audience, with eighth grade and above.Victor Torvich specializes in complex systems. He is the author of "Subsurface History of Humankind: Direction of History" and other works.