Sparks: the Little People Who Influenced History
by Wang Zhiming
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"A butterfly in the Amazon rainforest, flapping its wings occasionally, can cause a tornado in Texas two weeks later." Historical development is like the butterfly effect, and it is often the little people who flap their wings. This book will break the inertia of your mind that "big men change history" and follow the clues of time to see how unknown little men influence the direction of history and make huge waves. In the history of China and foreign countries, there are too many little people who have changed the world and even affected our lives, but their names are rarely known. For example, the ubiquitous water pipes benefited from a doctor's "Cholera Map"; a mason and a gardener invented the concrete that builds the world, which led to today's high-rise buildings and the "infrastructure mania"; the loyal and patriotic horse dealer's "random tactics" led to the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty; the impulsive shooting of a 19-year-old poor boy triggered the First World War...
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