World History (Illustrated Revised Edition)

In the first half of the 20th century, three famous American historians jointly wrote "World History", which discussed the past history of mankind from the perspective of civilization evolution. It became popular in the United States and has gone through revisions. Our country translated this book twice in 1946 and 1948. In 1975, another translation by Bing Xin, Wu Wenzao, Fei Xiaotong and others was published. This time we used the 1975 translation, replaced it with a large number of exquisite and interesting illustrations, and wrote rich and diverse illustrations to show the style of the original work. Although this book was written nearly a century ago, it is still useful and interesting to read today. It divides the long process from the emergence of human civilization to the end of World War II in 1945 into four stages - the beginning of civilization, classical civilization, Christian civilization, and modern civilization - to introduce it, focusing especially on the development path of Western civilization. The writing is brisk, the exposition is precise, and it often provides refreshing insights. The author is good at revealing the general trend of history from details. In a short space of time, he presents a vivid and colorful picture of the development of civilization that includes both upper-class elites and ordinary people's daily lives.