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History is the record of the inheritance of human civilization. Studying history not only enables us to know the present by looking at the past but also heightens our understanding of and concern for humanistic activities. The education system in Hong Kong separates Chinese history and World history into two unrelated subjects. However, no country in the world is totally isolated whose history could be impervious to the influence of other nations. We must comprehensively take into full account these relationships and their process of development.
A matrix is used in this book to present the rather complicated historical materials of human history, with the vertical axis representing the Chinese civilization and the horizontal axis those of other nations, in an attempt to reconstruct a comparatively complete picture so as to present to the reader the origin of our ancestors and the progress of humankind. The history encompassed is vast and comprehensive, from prehistory to that of Modern times, from China to the world, from the origin of human civilization to the rise and fall of dynasties. This is, in scope, a world history for the general reader.
The book is especially suitable for secondary school and university students as well as people interested in Chinese and world history.
Contents
Prehistory
01 Out of Primal Chaos
02 Evolution of the Universe
03 The Stone Age
04 Human Species and Languages
The Ancient Period
05 The Four Great Civilizations
06 Africa and the Americas in the Early Times
07 Hellenistic Civilization
08 Periods of the Spring-Autumn and the Warring States
09 The Founding and Spread of Buddhism
10 The Qin Dynast
11 The Han Dynasty
12 The Roman Empire
13 Jewish Civilization and the Founding and Spread of Christianity
14 Science and Technology before the Common Era
15 Literature and the Arts before the Common Era
16 The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and the Split of Christianity
17 Wei-Jin and the Northern and Southern Dynasties: Split in the Country
18 Wei-Jin and the Northern and Southern Dynasties: National and Cultural Integration
The Middle Ages
19 Sui-Tang and the Five Dynasties
20 Korea and Japan in the Early Times
21 Southeast Asia in the Early Times
22 The Song Dynasty
23 The Founding and Spread of Islam and the Rise of the Arab Empire
24 Europe in the Early and High Periods of the Middle Ages
25 The Rise of Russia
26 The Mongol Empire encompassing Europe and Asia
27 The Ming Dynasty
28 Europe in the Late Middle Ages
29 Cultural Developments before the Renaissance
30 The Renaissance in Europe
The Early Modern Period
31 The Protestant Reformation
32 International Trade and Voyages of Discovery
33 Sea Hegemony and the Scramble for Colonies
34 Africa and South Asia during the Colonial Period
35 Southeast Asia and Australasia during the Colonial Period
36 The Early Qing Period
37 The Enlightenment in Europe
38 The First Industrial Revolution
39 The American War of Independence
40 The French Revolution
41 The Meiji Restoration in Japan
42 The Late Qing Period
