World History Curriculum·Ancient Volume

Author: Qi Tao
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: The book discusses precisely this accumulation of quantity. The intersection of the 15th and 16th centuries marks the beginning of a new era. From then on, the dual economic structure of the Middle Ages began to transform rapidly, as the pastoral idyll of the natural economy was gradually submerged by the tide of the market economy. The leading Western European nations, which first bid farewell to the Middle Ages, with the extreme greed and desire of early capitalism, used their unique battleships and cannons to conquer, plunder, and slaughter, initiating a historic colonial conquest. These actions were no longer confined to regional areas but were carried out on a global scale. As a result, Africa, America, Asia, and Australia were successively incorporated into the capitalist colonial system. It was from this time that capitalism began to write its rise to power with "blood and fire," starting to dominate the world. In this sense, the book also discusses the history of capitalism.