Humanities Library -- Eastern Ancient Civilization

Author: Guo Yubin, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2004-11-01
Features: Do you know the technological level of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Do you know the intelligent lamp of the Western Han Dynasty—the Changxin Palace Lamp? Do you know who actually spread the Arabic numerals around the world? The Eastern Ancient Civilizations takes you on a joyful cultural journey! Here, you'll find the emerald-green bronze square ding of the Western Zhou Dynasty; the transparent Mayan crystal skull; the mysterious Egyptian golden mask; the cosmic models of ancient scientists; myths, legends, and scientific speculations; emperors, prophets, revolutionaries, and explorers; small stories within great discoveries, and great figures within small stories. This is a concise history of world civilization's development. You can see, read, touch, and understand it with your heart.