This book is the most important work of Stavri and Anoos, which is divided into 1500 years ago.

/kloc-the world and the world after 0/500. The author adopts a brand-new historical viewpoint and method, regards the whole world as an inseparable organic unity, examines the emergence and development of human civilization in various regions of the world from a global perspective, rather than from a certain country or region, and focuses on human historical events and their interrelations and interactions, trying to reflect the opposition and interaction between the local and the whole. The book is new in information and covers a wide range, involving not only politics and economy, but also military affairs, culture, education, religion, science and technology. , and absorbed the new achievements in various fields of world history research in the past 20 years, which is quite novel and realistic to read. Therefore, this book was translated into many languages as soon as it came out in the mid-20th century, and was well received.

Many universities in the United States regard global history as a basic course, and even many military schools in the United States regard this book as a teaching material, stipulating that every student should take this course before graduation. This general history is considered to be the first world history in which historians cover global civilization from a global perspective.

In today's era, history has become an organic whole. Therefore, to have a practical understanding of the whole history, we have to say that individual history is of little use. Only by revealing the inextricable relationship between events and the whole and pointing out their similarities and differences can we understand the whole picture of history; In order to learn history, we can not only have fun, but also benefit.