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This book is a popular history book that introduces the political changes in Western Asia BC, covering the period starting from the Sumerian civilization in the 4th millennium BC, passing through the Akkadian civilization, the Babylonian civilization, then the Assyrian civilization and the Persian civilization, and finally ending with the replacement of Persia by the Macedonian Empire. Compared with existing academic works, this book has three distinct characteristics: first, it puts aside historical details and focuses on outlining the context and framework of political changes in West Asia before BC, in order to help readers quickly grasp the ins and outs of ancient West Asia; second, it makes the seemingly chaotic regime more detailed Instead, it restores it to the long-lasting game between Semites and Indo-Europeans, revealing the clues and motivations of political changes in ancient West Asia; third, it connects the distant and unfamiliar ancient West Asia with major historical events in ancient East Asia, establishes a connection in time and space, and gives the history of a foreign land a sense of intimacy.