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This book is the first official history of Japan and the first type of official "History of the Six Kingdoms". It describes Japanese mythology and history from the Mythological Age to the abdication of Emperor Chitō (697). It is the most important work on Japanese mythology and early history. The book was compiled under the order of Emperor Tenmu (reigned 673-686) after his victory in the Imshin Rebellion and his accession to the throne, and was completed in 720. The book consists of thirty volumes, written in Chinese classical Chinese, and is somewhat similar to the official history of ancient China: The Chronicle of the Emperors. This book sorts out Japan's complex mythology into a system, highlighting the divinely-ordained lineage of the emperors. In addition to the political, economic, and religious activities of each generation of emperors, it also extensively touches on the diplomatic relations with China and North Korea, which is extremely valuable. In Japan, this book and the "Kojiki" are collectively known as the "Chronicles" and are regularly read and studied by the imperial court. It is one of the basic works for understanding Japanese culture and history.

This book is the sixth volume of the general history of Germany in the "General History of Great Powers Series", covering the history of Germany from the post-World War II period to the end of the 20th century. It is a history of occupation, division, rise and unity. The specific content includes the Allied occupation and the division of Germany, the establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Democratic Republic of Germany, the reunification of the two countries and the prosperity of Germany after the reunification. It is a history of helpless national occupation and humiliation and forced national division.

"Kojiki" was written in 712 AD. It is Japan's oldest history book and the first official history book compiled by the Japanese emperor to trace the roots of the nation. The whole book is divided into three volumes: Volume One, Volume Two, and Volume Two. The first volume records myths and legends, recording the origins of Japanese gods, while the middle and second volumes record the stories of the thirty-three generations of Japanese emperors from Emperor Jimmu to Emperor Suiko. This book combines historical facts and fiction, covering creation myths, primitive ballads, heroic legends, folk tales, etc. It is a historical classic for one-step understanding of Japan's origins. It is also an excellent literary work and a must-read classic for understanding Japan's unique spiritual temperament and national characteristics. From the ancient division of heaven and earth to the establishment of the inheritance of the emperor's divine line, this book understands Japan's magnificent history from the creation of the world to the era of the ancient emperors. This version refers to the Japanese original version and other versions as well as the Japanese official website information to check for errors, and adopts Zhou Zuoren's classic translation. Zhou Zuoren has studied Japanese culture for more than fifty years and is deeply familiar with Japanese culture and people's unique mental state. Zhou's profound translation provides a solid and detailed background supplement for the text. Using Satan-kun's newly drawn full-color illustrations, it covers six of Japan's most classic mythological characters and stories.

This book is the first volume of the general history of Germany. This volume records the ancient medieval history of Germany from ancient times to the eve of the Reformation, mainly involving the glorious feudal imperial era. The German history of this period has common characteristics of the development of European history, and is an integral part of European history of Germanization, Christianization and feudalization. At the same time, the uniqueness of German historical development has also begun to emerge.

This book is the fifth volume of the general history of Germany. Mainly describes the history of Nazi Germany. The whole book is divided into two parts and seven chapters. The first part is about the Weimar Republic period, divided into 3 chapters, introducing the establishment and consolidation of the Weimar Republic, the development process, crisis and collapse of the Weimar regime. The second part is about the period of Nazi Germany, with a total of 4 chapters, introducing the establishment and operation of the Nazi political system, the Nazi's economic and social policies, and the resistance to Nazi rule.

"General History of Britain" covers the history from ancient times to the 2016 British referendum. It is a summary of the research on British history in China over the past two hundred years. It is also the first multi-volume general history of Britain so far, and represents the discourse method and discourse system of Chinese scholars' research on British history. In terms of writing style, it fully absorbs the existing achievements in British history research at home and abroad, and describes the trajectory of British history in detail. In addition to traditional political, economic, cultural and other content, this series highlights the narrative of social life and restores the living conditions of British people in history. It is a flesh-and-blood, lively and lively general history of Britain.

This volume mainly describes the history of Germany during the Weimar Republic, and is divided into two parts and nine chapters. The first part is the German "revolutionary" era, with chapters one to four, respectively introducing the German restoration, crisis and the 1848 revolution, the first industrial revolution and rapid economic growth, the German unification movement under the leadership of Prussia, and society, thought and culture in the revolutionary era; the second part is the era of the German Empire, part two.

This book is the third volume of the general history of Germany. The first volume of the General History of Germany records the history from the Kingdom of Germany to the German Empire, the second volume records the sectarian struggles and religious reform from the Kingdom of Germany to the German Confederation, the third volume records the history of Germany from the French Revolution to the First World War, the fourth volume is the history of Germany during the Weimar Republic, the fifth volume is the history of Nazi Germany, and the sixth volume is II

"General History of Britain" covers the history from ancient times to the 2016 British referendum. It is a summary of the research on British history in China over the past two hundred years. It is also the first multi-volume general history of Britain so far, and represents the discourse method and discourse system of Chinese scholars' research on British history. In terms of writing style, it fully absorbs the existing achievements in British history research at home and abroad, and describes the trajectory of British history in detail. In addition to traditional political, economic, cultural and other content, this series highlights the narrative of social life and restores the living conditions of British people in history. It is a flesh-and-blood, lively and lively general history of Britain.

This book is the second volume of the six-volume general history of Germany. Describes the social conditions in Germany from the Kingdom of Germany to the German Confederation. During this period, agricultural economy, hierarchical society, aristocratic rule, and Christian religious theology still dominated German society, but capitalist production methods and management systems had emerged, citizens and the bourgeoisie began to rise, and the secularization trend of ideological and cultural ideas began to emerge.

"General History of Britain" covers the history from ancient times to the 2016 British referendum. It is a summary of the research on British history in China over the past two hundred years. It is also the first multi-volume general history of Britain so far, and represents the discourse method and discourse system of Chinese scholars' research on British history. In terms of writing style, it fully absorbs the existing achievements in British history research at home and abroad, and describes the trajectory of British history in detail. In addition to traditional political, economic, cultural and other content, this series highlights the narrative of social life and restores the living conditions of British people in history. It is a flesh-and-blood, lively and lively general history of Britain.

"General History of Britain" covers the history from ancient times to the 2016 British referendum. It is a summary of the research on British history in China over the past two hundred years. It is also the first multi-volume general history of Britain so far, and represents the discourse method and discourse system of Chinese scholars' research on British history. In terms of writing style, it fully absorbs the existing achievements in British history research at home and abroad, and describes the trajectory of British history in detail. In addition to traditional political, economic, cultural and other content, this series highlights the narrative of social life and restores the living conditions of British people in history. It is a flesh-and-blood, lively and lively general history of Britain.

In this book, the author Saburo Ienaga not only describes the basic features of Japan's absorption of Chinese culture in ancient times and Western culture in modern times with the objectivity of a historian, but also examines the ideological basis of Japan's absorption of Chinese and Western culture with the fairness of a commentator. The essence of Japan's modernization is, in the final analysis, a question of how to treat foreign culture. Different cultural types are formed in different environments. Therefore, cultural independence and adaptability must be maintained in cultural exchanges. The entire book clearly shows the entire process of Japan's modern cultural transformation. In Japan's cultural selection process over the past century, there have been many successful inspirations and many failed lessons. These are worthy of our careful study and analysis. The detailed and rich information in this book not only allows us to see the entire process of Japan's modern cultural transformation relatively clearly, but also can be used as background material for our study of relevant issues for analysis and utilization.

Let's take a look at this world reform that breaks the history of the times! This book tells us about the world changes that broke through the times, including the fundamental law of German polyarchy - the issuance of the Golden Edict in 1356, the formation of a centralized system - the official reform of the Ming Dynasty, etc.

"Who speaks on behalf of Europe?" "Is the German problem coming again?" "What will Brexit bring?" "Will the EU collapse?" "Where will the United States go?" Under the guidance of such questions, historian Winkler takes readers back to the beginning of the European Union or the founding of the United States to find the source of each current problem buried in historical clues. The West is still a force that cannot be ignored on the world economic and political stage, and understanding Europe requires a deep understanding of its history and thought. Continuing his previous work "A General History of the West", in this book, Winkler profoundly describes the challenges and dilemmas that the West has encountered in recent years, focusing on various major events that have occurred in the West in the past decade. However, his vision is not limited to this. Instead, he combines the trends in Western history that he has studied throughout his life with the ongoing history, finds answers to each question, and makes his own analysis and predictions.

"The Era of Great Change" is divided into three main parts. The first part depicts the intervention of the rich in national politics under the "old order". The federal government was largely subordinated to business interests, and the gap between the rich and the poor increased accordingly; the second part, "The Dynamics of Change", describes the various forces that have gradually changed the country's traditions since the 20th century: mass production, the Great Depression and the big government model, World War II and the rise of the United States as a world power. Against this background, the author shows how economic institutions can be reformed without being destroyed; in the conclusion, "The New America" ​​is a promising assessment of postwar American culture, and Allen analyzes many common and critical issues.

"The Great Boom Era" is based on the rapid economic growth of the United States after World War I and the governing policies of the three presidents. It panoramically presents the development process of politics, economy, art, fashion, science and entertainment in the United States during the twelve years from 1919 to 1931. The breaking of the original closed barriers, the rapid economic development, the improvement of people's living standards and the enrichment of social products... All of this is like a stone being thrown into the lake, breaking the original peace.

"The Great Rip" takes the economic crisis that broke out in 1929 as the background and "Roosevelt's New Deal" as the main narrative line, vividly showing the United States from 1929 to 1939, a thrilling decade full of crises and changes. Starting from the Hoover administration's adherence to the old economic system and its clumsy way of handling the new economic situation, which caused the United States to slide into a more terrifying abyss in a nightmare crisis, the author places the emergence of "Roosevelt's New Deal" in the debates and confrontations between various forces, which further demonstrates its inevitability. It can also glimpse some details of American democracy from the side, as well as the change in the mentality of American society in the face of major crises. In the last chapter, the author gives an overview of the bankruptcy of the United States' "isolationist policy" and its new international political participation policy under the cloud of fascist war.

The 17th century in Europe can be called a century of wars. There were only three years without war in 100 years. The social landscape of Europe underwent drastic changes. At the same time, this was also a century of great creativity. European scholars made brilliant achievements in the field of thought, and a large number of scientific and ideological giants such as Galileo, Descartes, Newton, Boyle, Hobbes, and John Locke emerged. It was the great changes of this century that pushed Western civilization to the center of the stage of human history. "The Age of Genius" explores the connection between social changes and intellectual progress in 17th-century Europe. The brutal Thirty Years' War dealt a heavy blow to the ideological monopoly of the Catholic Church, allowing faith and thought to gradually gain freedom. Because of this, the 17th century also became an era of mixed thoughts and ideas. This era not only had meticulous scientific exploration, but also had a strong enthusiasm for supernatural powers, and an obsession with alchemy, occultism, astrology, and magic; even the founders of new world views such as Newton and Descartes had inexplicable connections with them. But the noise will gradually end, and scientific thinking will finally emerge from the fog to form the cornerstone of modern thought.

A must-read for beginners in German history, it is a classic that dissects the dual characteristics of the German nation. This book allows you to understand the romance and violence, rationality and fanaticism of the Germans. From Karl the Great who dreamed of dominating the world, to Gutenberg who invented letterpress printing, to Luther who devoted his life to the religious reform, to Kepler who discovered the laws of the planets, to Goethe who emerged from the violent movement, to the cynical Beethoven, to Bismarck, the iron-blooded chancellor who unified Germany, to the infamous Hitler, this book narrates the history of the German nation. In the thousand-year history of rise and fall from 800 AD to the 1940s, the author describes the existence of two Germanys: one is the cultural world composed of artists and philosophers, and the other is the political world composed of soldiers and emperors. These two worlds are separated from each other and rarely intersect, ultimately shaping the dual character of the German nation. They are serious and conscientious, and they climb the peak of human civilization, which is admirable; but they are also ferocious and barbaric, and want to conquer the world, which is feared and disgusted.

The World War I edition of "When the Stars of Mankind Shine" was recommended by the New York Times and The Times, sought after by media on four continents, and was named a best book of the year by the Financial Times. This book shows the little-noticed but emerging critical turning point in 1918, and glimpses the signs of changes in the world structure since then: the lost revolutionary youth will set off the independent revolution, and the defeated soldiers will grow into Nazi murderers - human history has never been so chaotic, and it has never been so dazzling! Everyone carries a different past, faces the same reality, and faces an unknown future: Foch was forgotten in peacetime; Erzberger was assassinated after returning home; Hess became the commander of the Auschwitz concentration camp; Truman retired from politics and participated in another world war as president; Woolf could no longer find inner peace until she threw herself into a river...

"Inherited Power: The Story of an Exorcist" is based on a sensational illegal exorcism case at the Turin Episcopal Court in 1697: the parish priest of Santena, Giowa Battista Chiesa, who performed exorcisms and cured diseases for the people, triggering a fanatical following, but did not obtain permission from the Holy See. Microhistorian Giovanni Levi used the exorcism notes left by Father Giowa Battista Chiesa and various documentary materials from Santena, a small village in the Principality of Savoy, Italy, to reconstruct the power struggle from the central to the local areas at that time, focusing on Santena. The social details of early modern Europe are revealed in detail, and he explores the origin of European modernity.

"American Civilization: A Study of American Civilization and History" is a collection of the author's series of special studies on "American Civilization and History". The issues covered include: the connotation and interpretation of the Mayflower Compact, the first constitutional document of the United States, the principles and spirit of the founding of the United States, and the historical origins of American civilization. The process and its internal logic, the formation, characteristics and stipulations of the western development model, the nature of the southern slave plantation economy, the "cascade" construction of the rise of the United States as a great power and its symbols, motivations and underlying reasons, etc. In the book, the author pioneered the concept of American civilization as "an accumulation-oriented civilization development model" and deeply discussed the two major mechanisms that formed this civilization development model.

This is a classic interpretation of human destiny that is both shocking and delightful to read. From the perspective of biology and history, the author Hans Zinsel tells the history of the changes of "infectious diseases", the main enemy of mankind, from ancient times to the 20th century. He started with the phenomenon of parasitism and clarified that infectious diseases are nothing more than a struggle for survival between different life forms. Taking typhus, an infectious disease that has caused huge disasters to mankind, as an example, he described in detail the occurrence mechanism, transmission routes and evolution history of infectious diseases, and deduced the tortuous process of the virus spreading from insects to animals, and finally to humans. Zinser deeply understood that infectious diseases had a huge impact on many important political and military events, thus shaping human history: the Athenian plague caused Athens to lose to Sparta in the Peloponnesian War; the infectious diseases that swept across the Roman Empire accelerated the demise of the Roman Empire; the difficulties encountered in the Crusades were not so much the military power of the Arabs as the infectious diseases; because of infectious diseases, the great military genius Napoleon failed to establish comprehensive hegemony in Europe.

This book is a concise and vivid history of Germany. The author has been engaged in the teaching and research of German history for a long time. He has taught elective courses on the brief history of Germany for all undergraduates in the school for many years. This book is compiled based on his lecture notes. This book explains the historical process of Germany in a concise context and vivid narrative, with 50 pictures. This book is both a textbook and a popular book suitable for ordinary readers to understand German history.

The book "A Complete History of Europe" is divided into two parts: "History of Medieval Europe" and "History of Modern Europe". "History of Medieval Europe" narrates the historical process of Europe from the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD to the 16th century. "Modern European History" mainly tells the process of modern European history from the rise of the representative system and science in the early 17th century to the early 20th century. The whole book describes the politics, economy, thought and art of various European countries, and provides detailed discussions on the lives of important figures in human activities, such as Charlemagne and Martin Luther. The book has rigorous narration, concise language, and is easy to understand. It can be said to be a very good introductory book on European history.

"The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire: The Life of the Kings" is a classic in the historical novel series "The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire" written by the famous British writer Robert Graves. The "Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire" series of books came out in 1934. The books were published by Penguin Press in 1943 and have been popular ever since. In 41 AD, Tiberius Claudius was proclaimed Roman Emperor. He was the fourth emperor of the Julia Claudius dynasty of the Roman Empire. Claudius was regarded as a fool by the entire family, but quietly survived the bloody and cruel political conspiracy. The author of "The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire: The Biography of the Kings" focuses on Claudius as the narrator, recounting the glory, crimes and follies of the early days of the Roman Empire, showing vivid and turbulent scenes, which is worthy of being a majestic picture of Roman history.

The author of "The Roman Empire: The Reign of Gods" borrows the tone of Tiberius Claudius, the fourth emperor of ancient Rome, to narrate the historical stories of this emperor's reign. After the Roman tyrant Caligula was killed, people immediately elected Claudius as emperor. The emperor suffered from polio since he was a child and stuttered. He was always regarded as a fool and laughed at. However, he escaped the suspicion of the tyrant and the political struggle in the palace, allowing him to become a ruler at a relatively old age. The historical Claudius was a historian, and an extremely diligent one. He wrote twenty volumes of the History of Etruria and eight volumes of the History of Carthage, all in Greek, plus an autobiography and a treatise on the Roman alphabet. This novel, written in the tone of a historian, is full of familiar Roman historical stories, as well as court anecdotes and power struggles that are unfamiliar to us. It all chronicles the crimes and follies of the Roman Empire in its early days, as well as its glory. Claudius may have a mediocre personality compared to other Roman emperors, but during his reign, he completely rectified and cleaned up the state of the country that had been messed up by the tyrant Caligula. Moreover, his beautiful little wife Messalina and his successor wife Agrippina the Younger also left a big name in history.

"The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire: The Last Consul" The Eastern Roman Empire in the 6th century was full of crises and wars continued. However, whether they were the Vandals, Goths, Persians, or other terrible enemies, they all feared and respected the imperial war commander and outstanding military commander-Belisarius. He conquered the east and west, won many battles, and continued to create amazing military miracles. He was also the last Roman to win the honor of consul and win a victory on the battlefield. In the book, the author Robert Graves borrows the tone of an imperial slave to describe the military and tragic life of General Belisarius in a macroscopic and detailed manner. At the same time, he also gives a very profound and vivid account of the turbulent situation, military expeditions and external expansion, social features, and spiritual and cultural life of the Eastern Roman Empire during the reign of Justinian I.

In 1853, Tsar Nicholas I invaded the Danube Principalities that are now Romania due to religious disputes. Subsequently... The Crimean War, which lasted for 18 months, caused huge human losses, completely rewritten the political landscape of Europe, and profoundly affected the modernization processes of Russia and Turkey. Figgis quotes extensively from Russian, French, British, and Ottoman Empire documents to comprehensively demonstrate how nationalist sentiments, imperial power struggles, and religious conflicts affected countries' involvement in the war. From kings and ministers, reporters and writers reporting on the war, to officers and soldiers on the battlefield, and women and children in the siege, Figes not only restores the panoramic view of the war from multiple perspectives, but also provides a new entrance for today's understanding of the "Eastern Question" in the 19th and 20th centuries, the relationship between Christians and Muslims in the Black Sea region, and the world rift between Russia and the West.

"Interpretation of Xianyang Culture: Seeking the Roots of Chinese Culture" is not only a must-read for Chinese culture students, but also the best inspirational reading for every Xianyang person. It is also the best gift for Xianyang people to give to their friends, and it is also an ideal teaching material for the training of various local cadres in Xianyang. Xianyang is not only the foundation of Chinese culture, but also the place where Chinese culture takes off. Xianyang culture takes the Zhou and Qin cultures as its carrier and the Han and Tang cultures as its two wings, integrating the culmination of traditional Chinese mainstream culture. This is the source of Chinese cultural thought, the place where the Chinese spirit is condensed, the birthplace of Chinese farming culture, and the most popular treasure house of underground cultural relics in China. "Interpretation of Xianyang Culture: Searching for the Roots of Chinese Culture" uses easy-to-understand language and fresh writing styles, integrating knowledge, ideology and aesthetics, and comprehensively demonstrates the great charm of Xianyang culture and Chinese culture. Reading it can increase people's knowledge, benefit people's wisdom, inspire people's thinking, and strengthen people's spirit.

This is a completely strange era, without clocks, police or communication tools, people believe in magic and witchcraft, and kill those who do not believe in them or who offend their beliefs. This was a dark age, filled with endless superstition, corruption, violence, anti-intellectualism and ignorance. The upper class indulged in burning, nepotism, murder, hedonism and selling indulgences.

From the early 5th century AD, when the Anglo-Saxons from Germanic tribes immigrated to Britain, to William the Great's Norman Conquest in 1066, this period of history is seen as the embryonic stage of the formation of unified England. In 410 AD, the Roman legions withdrew from Britain, and the migration of the Anglo-Saxons ushered in the "dark age" of Britain's post-Roman era. During this period, the interaction of society, culture, economy and politics stirred up wonderful historical moments in the long history of England. The Anglo-Saxons conquered the Britons and established several kingdoms such as Northumbria, Mercia, Wessex, and Kent. Kings and their successors fought with each other to expand their power. As a result, the hierarchical order developed and England gradually integrated. The Anglo-Saxons experienced a change of faith, and a unified religious language played an important role in maintaining the political order of each kingdom, and also improved the level of civilization in England during the Anglo-Saxon period. In the Anglo-Saxon era of more than 600 years, with regime changes, frequent wars, faith games, and civilizational progress, a unified England gradually took shape. Henrietta Lizer's latest analysis of surprising finds in Anglo-Saxon archeology and art explores the relationships between the kingdoms of Britain after the Roman withdrawal, the Christianization of the Anglo-Saxons, the rule of Mercia, the rise of Wessex, the return of the Vikings, and the end of the Anglo-Saxon era.

1. Recommended reading by "BBC History Magazine"! 2. The Norman Conquest, the Great Siege of Rochester, the Welsh Conquest, the Hundred Years' War, the rise of the Stuarts, the English Civil War; from earthen forts to stone castles, from fortresses to homes, from acropolis to barriers... Wonderful castle past events and exciting historical moments. By understanding these majestic castles mottled by time, you can understand the British history of more than 700 years since 950 AD. 3. The author Mark Morris is a member of the Royal Historical Society and an expert on medieval history. He has written for many British magazines such as "History Today" and "BBC History". His works have been praised as "flawless in research and flawless in narrative." 4. Whether it is for leisure time, historical exploration, or cultural trip, this book is a must-read for you to understand British history!

Until 1,000 years ago, humans had no experience of exploring the Atlantic Ocean, or even the thought of crossing the ocean. But after the first brave sailors sailed from the east to the far west coast of the ocean-whether they were Vikings, Irish, Basques, John Cabot, Columbus, or other Portuguese and Spanish-the Atlantic gradually woke up along with the world. This large body of water separates the Americas to the west and Europe and Africa to the east. The Atlantic Ocean is the legend of this vast space that plans and determines the fate and shape of millions of creatures thousands of miles apart on either side of the ocean. The Atlantic Ocean has always been the center of the passionate ambitions and dreams of explorers, scientists and warriors, and it still affects people's personalities, attitudes and dreams today. From kings to poets, from adventurers to sailors, from fishermen to pirates, from merchants to travelers - all are related to this vast blue ocean. Affected by many factors, the Atlantic Ocean is both enemy and friend in people's eyes, with both awe and fear. Driven by his romantic imagination about this ocean, Simon Winchester began his journey around the world. Through years of detailed textual research, on-the-spot exploration, and in-depth research, he finally wrote this grand biography of the Atlantic. From the beginning of Hongmeng to modern society, he narrates the story of the Atlantic. The epic narrative is amazing.

In the fifteenth year of this Wanli period, with the departure of Zhang Juzheng, Shen Shixing, Qi Jiguang, Hai Rui, and Li Zhi one by one, the Ming Dynasty came to the end of its development. In 1587 AD, Britain was fighting for survival, France was fighting for faith, the Netherlands was fighting for freedom, and Spain was fighting for world order. Compared with the emperors and generals of the Ming Dynasty, the protagonists in this book include kings, queens, popes, slave traders, navigators, pirates of the Caribbean, colonists, astronomers, physicists, philosophers, thinkers, writers and artists. It is their contribution that Europe has reached a new stage of development.

The book is divided into four chapters: an overview of the national conditions, political environment, economic conditions and bilateral relations. It introduces Laos' physical geography, history and humanity, customs and habits, political system, judicial environment, policy orientation, resource status, foreign enterprises, financial markets, economic and trade relations, overseas Chinese, etc. The appendix also provides the country's ranking in the business environment rankings of various countries released by the World Bank, as well as the contact information of our embassies and consulates abroad.

"HD Japanese Warring States History 1" starts from the birth of Tokugawa Ieyasu until Japan was unified by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. It mainly tells the history of Japan's Warring States Period in three clues: the first and important one is about Tokugawa Ieyasu who started as a hostage, unified Mikawa and continued to grow, and his extremely difficult life years of surviving in the cracks; the second The first clue narrates the short but glorious life of Oda Nobunaga from a "Martian" who was not favored by the world, to gradually becoming the overlord of the world, and finally committed suicide in the Honnoji Incident; the third clue describes the arduous struggle of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was born in a humble background. It was his talent and strategy that finally unified the entire Japan and ended the dark Warring States Period. While telling the ups and downs of the characters' fate, it more closely reveals the great mysteries in the history of Japan's Warring States Period - the rebellion of Akechi Mitsuhide, the Incident at Honnoji Temple, and the final outcome of Oda Nobunaga.

This book takes the evolution of the ruling body as the main line, clearly outlines Japan's political evolution process from the origin of history and culture, the legal state, the military regime, pre-modern society, the Meiji Restoration, foreign aggression and expansion, change and war, occupation and post-war system, economic power, reforms in transitional periods, etc., As well as cultural achievements, economic development, popular mentality in different periods, etc., And clearly and completely draws a bird's-eye view of Japanese history. This book won the "Beijing Higher Education Quality Textbook Award". The new edition absorbs the latest research results from the academic community in the past ten years, and adds and replaces some illustrations, lists, and further reading lists to help readers better grasp the clues and context of Japanese history.

The "comfort women" system was a system in which Japanese militarism forced women from various countries to serve as sexual tools for Japanese soldiers during its invasion of China and Asian countries, and systematically equipped the Japanese army with military sex slaves. Shanghai was once the city with the longest and most concentrated existence of Japanese military comfort stations. From 1993 to the present, the author team discovered 172 Japanese comfort stations in Shanghai based on wartime Japanese and puppet archives, Japanese documents and books in China, memories of Japanese veterans, wartime Chinese newspapers and periodicals, testimonies of Chinese victims and witnesses, and through on-site verification. This book will become another strong evidence against the wartime crimes of Japanese militarism.

From June 15 to 18, 1815, the French army and the anti-French coalition fought three battles near Brussels that determined the fate of Europe. On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, Tim Clayton uses "hours" as a unit of measurement to meticulously re-evaluate the ancient legend of Waterloo by extensively quoting newly discovered historical materials, trying to reveal the true sequence of major and minor events in the entire battle, so as to correctly examine it. It examines the controversies that plagued the Battle of Waterloo and strives to illustrate all viewpoints. It paints a panoramic view of the Battle of Waterloo from the perspectives of the French, Germans, Dutch and Belgians, as well as the British, thereby providing as fair an account as possible of the roles played by the various armies in it. This book also vividly tells the stories of those who faced crazy marches, extremely bad weather, and cruel battles, but still had extraordinary courage in the last important battle in the era of mixed horses, rifles, and cannons. It shows ordinary readers a glimpse of the lives and thoughts of the participants, so as to gain a deeper understanding of this battle.

"Mongol Empire" In the 13th century, the Mongol Empire swept across the Eurasian continent like a whirlwind. Its rise and development have also brought us many mysteries: What are the internal driving forces and external conditions for the expansion of the Mongols? How did Mongolia grow rapidly from a local government with a population of less than 2 million to an unstoppable empire? How did the Mongolian conquests interact with those powerful countries with glorious civilizations? Focusing on these issues, the author excavated Chinese and Western historical documents and combined the research results of domestic and foreign scholars to give his own understanding. The Mongolian war of conquest accelerated exchanges in the flow of products, population migration, and cultural dissemination between the ancient Eastern and Western worlds. "The Mongol Conquest in World History" is a new heavyweight work in the field of research on the history of the Mongolian Empire in recent years. From the perspective of world history and global history, the author focuses on describing the Eurasian cultural exchanges promoted by Genghis Khan and the emergence of a new Eurasian world after the successive collapse of the Mongol khanates. Under the forcible promotion of the Mongol rulers, the East and the West began a process of mutual exchange, and a new Eurasian culture was born under the "Mongol rule." This, to a certain extent, corrected the image of Mongolia as a barbarian who destroyed the civilized world.

This book mainly explores an arguably disastrous German habit, which is to regard cultural achievements above all else and regard culture as a noble substitute for politics. This tendency has profoundly affected German history from the end of the 18th century to today. The author believes that the German preference for art over politics is fundamental to understanding the special nature of Nazism, to which many Germans (and others) were attracted. Hitler and many in his circle were failed artists and intellectuals who seemed to practice politics as an alternative form of art. Lepenis focuses on Goethe and Thomas Mann, but also touches on other important figures such as Novalis, Walt Whitman, Leo Strauss, and Ellen Bloom. Le Penis is not only concerned about Germany, he is also concerned about how German cultural obsession, cultural superiority and disdain for politics have affected relations with other countries, especially France and the United States.

This volume of the General History of Japanese Culture (approximately 400,000 words) first discusses in detail the religious, literary, artistic and academic achievements independently generated by the Japanese ancestors in the natural customs and life practices of the island country, as well as the cultural spirit condensed from these achievements. At the same time, it briefly describes the organic connection between the formation of these cultures and the history of Japanese political and social development. Secondly, from a comparative perspective, it discusses Japan's long history of interacting with China and integrating Chinese culture for more than a thousand years, as well as its fresh experience of communicating with the West and adapting to Western culture for more than a hundred years in modern times. In addition, in the cultural exchanges with foreign countries, there have been ideological trends of total "Chinese style" and total "foreign style", and even fell into the dark age of culture. Finally, through the enlightenment of ancient civilization and the enlightenment of modern civilization, "harmony of Han talents" and "harmony of foreign talents" were used as the guiding ideology of foreign cultural exchanges, and a cultural model of "conflict, coexistence and integration" was built, absorbing and digesting foreign culture, and creating Japan's unique religion, literature, art, and academics that occupy the core cultural values.

In this book, Fanglong uses his profound knowledge and concise and smooth writing to describe the changes in the North American continent from Columbus's discovery of the New World to the 1930s. The formation, birth and development of the United States of America are described in great detail. It has detailed descriptions of historical events, the impact of Western civilization, scientific and technological inventions on human life, and American political life. It is rich in content, informative, wide-ranging, and has a large amount of knowledge, which is beyond the reach of ordinary American history books.

On November 4, 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamen of the 18th Dynasty of ancient Egypt in the Valley of the Kings in Thebes. The tomb shocked the world with the richness and exquisiteness of the unearthed artifacts and the complete preservation of the tomb, making it one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the last century. Shortly after the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb, the sponsor of the archaeological excavation, Count Carnarvon, died unexpectedly. This seemed to verify the existence of the "Pharaoh's Curse", which caused panic in the entire Egyptian archaeological community. Tutankhamun's tomb was therefore shrouded in a veil of mystery. In order to solve the mystery of this widespread and mysterious "Pharaoh's Curse", this book will use a scientific attitude, use a large amount of literature and archaeological data, and use the Egyptians' view of the afterlife as an entry point, and then reveal the Egyptian religious beliefs, funeral customs, tomb architectural styles and their functions behind the "Pharaoh's Curse". In order to achieve the purpose of popularizing knowledge about ancient Egyptian civilization to readers.

This book is divided into four parts: ancient scrolls of the world, medieval scrolls of the world, modern world history, and modern world history. It helps readers connect Chinese history with world history and understand the vast history of all mankind.

The pre-clan society period refers to the period from the beginning of humankind to about 15,000 years ago. The production level during this period was low, and the production tools were simple and crude. Primitive people relied on the power of the group to obtain ready-made food from nature. Such as plant fruits, roots, insects, lizards and other small animals, and later gradually also hunted larger animals. Due to the low level of productivity, everyone must engage in labor production in order to obtain the minimum daily necessities necessary for survival. Therefore, every child must learn labor knowledge and skills from the older generation from an early age. When adults men and women go out together to collect and capture animals, children follow the elders at the station to expel and care for small animals, and collect plants in nearby areas. In this process, the elderly impart the methods and skills of making and using tools, and the experience and knowledge of productive labor to children. At the same time, the children are also told about the habits and codes of conduct of group living. The characteristic of education in the pre-clan period is that all children receive education in common labor and life.

The book is divided into four chapters: overview of national conditions, political environment, economic status, and bilateral relations. It introduces Singapore's physical geography, history and humanity, customs and habits, political system, judicial environment, policy orientation, resource status, foreign enterprises, financial markets, economic and trade relations, overseas Chinese, etc. The appendix also provides the country's ranking in the business environment rankings of various countries released by the World Bank, as well as the contact information of our country's embassies and consulates abroad.

The book is divided into four chapters: overview of national conditions, political environment, economic status and bilateral relations. It introduces Malaysia's physical geography, history and humanity, customs and habits, political system, judicial environment, policy orientation, resource status, foreign enterprises, financial markets, economic and trade relations, overseas Chinese, etc. The appendix also provides the country's ranking in the business environment rankings of various countries released by the World Bank, as well as the contact information of our country's embassies and consulates abroad.