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This book describes the early changes in faith in Europe, divided into three parts: "Byzantine, Islamic and Jewish Civilizations", "Dark Ages and Crusades" and "Christian Civilization". It adopts an integrated historical research method to fully and objectively analyze and discuss the possible scope and opinions of the medieval civilization from 325 to 1300. Starting from the distant Byzantium and Islam, this book gives a general introduction to each of the four medieval civilizations or aspects of each era: Byzantium, Islam, Judaism and Western Europe, and gives as much analysis as possible of the confluence and excitement of these four cultures during the Crusades. Medieval times are a state and a period: in Western Europe we should end with Columbus; in Russia it continues to the time of Peter the Great (during 1725); in India it continues to our own time. This era left behind precious religious, economic, artistic and literary legacies.

This is a fluent and beautiful collection of "stories" with vivid narration and is very popular around the world. This set contains volumes 1-5, including "Heritage of the East", "Greek Life", "Caesar and Christ", "The Age of Faith (Volume 1 and 2)" and "Renaissance".

"Heritage of the East" is the first volume of the "Story of Civilization" series of "Utopia Classics Hall". Durant outlines the original appearance of human civilization from the eight major elements of civilization - labor (farming, industry, transportation and trade), government, morality (customs and etiquette, conscience and conduct), religion, science, philosophy, writing, and art, combining Sumer, Egypt, and Babylon , Assyria, Judaea, Persia, India, China, Japan and other regions or nations, showing the splendid cultural pictures of Egypt and Eastern Asia one by one, explaining why ancient Eastern civilization is the background and cornerstone of Greek and Roman culture, and why it is the source of modern human civilization.

This book depicts a magnificent cultural picture that spans dozens of centuries through historical cultural heroes such as Confucius, Li Bai, Buddha, Gandhi, Plato, Socrates, Shakespeare, and Bacon.