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This book, written by the famous art historian Gombrich, was warmly welcomed upon publication. The author uses mature and wise writing style to condense the thousands of years of human history from ancient times to the present in this small book, and paints readers with vivid and clear scenes: The simple caves where mammoth hunters lived, the Acropolis of Athens shining on the vast water, the ruins of Carthage with black smoke, the Colosseum full of male hormones and blood and tears, the invincible Armada, only the ruins of the Old Summer Palace, and the smoke-filled battlefields of World War II. As Gombrich's narration slowly advances, when we realize the existence of history, it is already close before our eyes.