Western History

★The masterpiece of history by Professor Chen Hengzhe of Peking University and Chen Leminxu, former director of the Institute of European Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. ★An introductory classic of European history, a reference book for undergraduates at Peking University School of International Relations. ★Chen Hengzhe, one of the "Top Ten Talented Women of the Republic of China", is a historical masterpiece and the best general historical reading. ★Understand 3,000 years of European civilization in one book. Without understanding European history, you cannot fully understand today's world. ★Contains 19 precious historical maps, including 27 charts drawn by the author and 18 illustrative illustrations. ★Add 10 famous colorful paintings with historical themes to read history through paintings and experience historical scenes. ★Accessible reading version, with more than 380 new and old translation notes added, and a comparison table of Chinese and English translations. ★Attached is a chronology of major events in Western history, which provides a concise timeline for the knowledge points in the book. ★Free nautical chart print poster. ——Content introduction——This book is the first work on the history of China and Europe and is also the representative work of historian Chen Hengzhe. The book is divided into three parts: ancient history, medieval history, and modern history, which completely displays the development process of Western civilization with Europe as the core. "Ancient History" takes civilization as the unit, tracing back to the Greek and Roman civilizations that represent the source of European culture, as well as the closely related Egyptian and West Asian Mesopotamian civilizations. "Medieval History" takes major historical events as a unit and introduces the changes of countries in the Middle Ages and feudal culture. "Modern History" combines both, telling the grand process from the Renaissance, the geographical discovery to the First World War. The author tells the history of the West from a Chinese perspective, using the two clues of civilization and war to tell the evolution of Western civilization, involving Western politics, economy, military, culture, literature, philosophy, etc., With an advanced sense of globalization, a cultural awareness of tolerance and harmony, and a strong humanitarian sentiment. This book was originally a history textbook written by Chen Hengzhe at the invitation of the Commercial Press for readers at high school level and above. The author uses prose techniques to write history. "There are texts in history and history in texts." It is both academic and readable. It is a "extremely talented" general history reading. ——Recommended by famous experts——So far, among the "History of the West" written by Chinese, I have not seen a book better written than this one. Now I solemnly recommend this unique "History of the West" to readers, especially young readers; I believe that after reading this book, you will be full of interest and gain a lot of historical knowledge while appreciating her writing style. ——Former director of the Institute of European Studies, Chinese Academy of Sciences and expert on European issues Chen Lemin's book can be said to be the first "History of the West" carefully written for Chinese readers by a scholar of Chinese history of governance. In this respect, this book is also a pioneering work. ——Scholar Mr. Hu Shichen (Hengzhe) is a talented man and a beautiful woman at the same time! ——Scholar and translator Yang Jiang