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More than 1,700 years ago, Rouran, a descendant of the sun god Apollo, suddenly appeared on the Mongolian Plateau at an unusual speed, galloping across the Eurasian continent tens of thousands of miles away. After 828, European history books unanimously declared that this once-prominent nation had been completely destroyed. In Russia, there are still more than 600,000 people who claim to be descendants of Avar (Rouran). This book narrates the history and civilization of Rouran to readers, and unfolds a three-dimensional and vivid picture of the ancient nomadic country in front of readers, allowing readers to feel as if they are in that era and experience the rise and fall of a generation of overlords in the Mongolian grasslands.

From the 4th century to the 6th century AD, the Roman Empire, which had dominated Europe, Asia and Africa and controlled the Western civilized world for more than 700 years, was shockingly destroyed by barbarians. Dozens of Germanic "nation-states" were established on its ruins, opening up a new situation for Europe's future political landscape. This book tells the story of this wonderful era that started with the Roman Empire and started with the Middle Ages.

The author focuses on the land that was later called "China" from 960 million years ago to 4000 BC. Compared with the colorful and splendid history of Chinese civilization that everyone is familiar with since the beginning of written records, the prehistoric history of China in this distant time and space seems particularly lonely. But is this history really boring? What kind of environmental changes are these? How did our ancestors resist the dramatic changes in the outside world? What did our ancestors with similar brain capacity as modern humans do and think? In areas that cannot be explored solely by relying on history, the author comprehensively uses knowledge from anthropology, environmental studies, archaeology, geology, myths and legends and many other fields to try to answer "where do we come from?"

An unprecedented unification war made the Qin people proud and proud after more than 500 years of struggle, creating a great era with the theme of "great unification". Qin Shihuang was ambitious and carried out drastic measures to eradicate the old and innovate. However, in just the past 14 years, the emerging Qin Dynasty fell into the abyss of national subjugation, and the dream of "one lineage for all generations" was shattered. Why was the Qin State able to defeat the Six Kingdoms, but the Qin Dynasty collapsed in the blink of an eye? Why is the rule of the Qin Dynasty not accepted, but the Qin system can be passed down for thousands of years? The answer lies in the last 50 years of Qin's history.

The Three Kingdoms era was a time of great changes and heroes emerged in large numbers. There are endless official historical records, unofficial legends, and novels about this period. Everyone in the world talks about the Three Kingdoms, but the brilliance of those fictional novels often weakens the understanding of the real history, and the true nature of the history of the Three Kingdoms becomes blurred. History is not a romance. This book puts aside the joking part and tells the true history of the Three Kingdoms from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the fall of the Wu Kingdom in a down-to-earth manner. After reading it, you will find that history is more exciting than fiction.