What happened in history is another masterpiece that discusses the long-term evolution of human beings before the emergence of literary history, following the book "Man created himself" published five years ago.
It is true that in the second to fifth chapters of What Happened in History, the author briefly restated many problems and theories that have been fully discussed before, but this is not a simple repetition, but broadens the way to explore problems and provides readers with a broader theoretical horizon.
In the following chapters, the author dares to set foot in the field of written history, because the literature in this field records all aspects of human efforts to develop and evolve, which can only be inferred by prehistoric archaeological means; One more thing, in what happened in history, the author tries to put the specific archaeological materials available in prehistoric times in the most eye-catching position; Finally, considering the limited space, what happened in history only paid special attention to what Europeans and Americans called "the mainstream course of human evolution" in 194 1 year. So the lower limit of the historical range discussed in What Happened in History is about 1500 years ago.
Foreword of Chinese translation
order
Preface of revised edition
Chapter I Archaeology and History
Chapter II Ignorance of Paleolithic Age
Chapter III Savagery in the Neolithic Age
The fourth chapter is the height of barbarism in the copper age.
Chapter V Urban Revolution in Mesopotamia
Chapter VI Early Bronze Age Civilization in Egypt and India
Chapter VII Expansion of Civilization
Chapter VIII The Peak of Bronze Civilization
Chapter 9 Early Iron Age
Chapter X Government, Religion and Science in the Iron Age
Chapter XI The heyday of ancient civilization
Chapter XII Decline and extinction of ancient society
map
index
postscript