The second volume of the two-volume series, dedicated to the history of Asia and Africa from antiquity to the present day, concerns the events of the 19th-20th centuries, when the colonial and post-colonial East, subjected to pressure from Western powers, resisted and adapted, modernized and chose its own path of development . The book draws attention to the role of religious and civilizational traditions in the process of searching for ways to develop the modern East. They also talk about the growing role of events in the East for the fate of the world community.