World 5000 Years (Volume 1, 2, 3) (With CD-ROM)

Author: Dong Sheng
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: How to quickly understand the world—first, we must start by understanding world history. The development of human history into world history has undergone a long process, with productivity being the ultimate driving force of historical progress. Since humans appeared on Earth, their activities have been production activities, and they have never ceased. The evolution of human civilization and the development of society can only be achieved on the basis of productivity advancement. The Paleolithic Age led to the formation of tribal societies, while the Bronze and Iron Age contributed to the dissolution of tribal societies, marking humanity's entry into the civilized era. Under a natural economy, only slave and feudal systems could exist, whereas the commodity economy and market economy gave rise to modern capitalist society. The era of artisan workshops, the steam age, the electrical age, and the information age have divided the progress of human society into different stages. This is an undeniable fact of human civilization's progress over the past two to three million years. A World History in 5,000 Years is largely organized along this line of thought. History contains experience and wisdom; reading history makes people wise and knowledgeable. Throughout history, those who have achieved success have often been individuals with broad knowledge of both the past and the present. Looking at the contemporary world, no developed nation fails to give history science a high status among numerous disciplines or to pay special attention to history education in national education. The popularization of history education has raised new demands for the popularization and knowledge-based nature of historical literature. Compiling a world history book that truly integrates educational, knowledge-based, and entertaining elements is not an easy task. This world history book has prominent features such as comprehensiveness, novelty, and practicality. With 1.2 million words, it covers the origins of world civilization up to the Kosovo War in 1999. The author strives to present a panoramic view of all aspects of human development, including politics, economics, military, diplomacy, as well as society, thought, culture, and technology. It also focuses on introducing the development of specific regions and countries and provides corresponding accounts of recent major historical events. This is an attempt by the author to write a world history book.