The Story of Humanity (Additional Edition with Full Color Illustrations)

In 1921, the American company Boni and Liveright published "The Story of Man" for the first time, which immediately aroused a huge response among readers. Its author, the versatile and energetic Dutch-American Van Rooster, also became famous. "The Story of Mankind" creates a way of telling history to ordinary people, with profound thoughts but not profoundness, and writing that is light but not frivolous. In the decades after the first edition, at least more than 30 editions were published by different publishing houses in the United States, and the total sales in the United States alone reached more than one. It was quickly translated into more than 20 languages ​​and is still selling well all over the world. Its enduring charm has created a miracle of reading and publishing. Who are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going? In "The Story of Humanity", Fang Long tells you the history of human civilization development for thousands of years, spanning five thousand years and tens of thousands of miles across. Recreate wonderful scenes, comment on historical figures, and express various anxieties and worries about the future development of mankind. As Fang Long said: "I only have one principle in writing this book. Which country or individual has produced a new idea or completed an innovation. Without these, the entire history of mankind will be different - this is not a matter of personal preference, this is a matter of judgment that is as calm as mathematics.