Thisisabookforchildren.ItisabookaboutworldhistorythatdoesnotneglectChinesehistory,anditisabookaboutChinesehistorythatdoesnotneglectworldhistory.
Amongthemanythingsyouwilllearnfromreadingthisbookare:
–ThehistoryoftheEarthandthedinosaurs
–WhyhumancivilisationaroseinEuropeandAsia
–ThespectacularwarsthattheGreeksfought
–ThestoriesoftheRomanEmpireandtheHanDynasty
–WhyChinaenjoyedprosperityduringtheTangandSongDynasties
whileEuropeenteredtheDarkAges
–Whentheworld’sthreemajorfaithscameintobeing
–ThestoryofYueFei’sbattlesagainsttheJurchens
–HowChinafellintodeclinewhiletheRenaissancetookplaceinEurope
–ThatTangBohulivedduringthesametimeasLeonardodaVinci
–WhattheKangxiEmperorwasdoingwhenIsaacNewtondiscoveredgravity
–WhattheQianlongEmperorwasdoingwhenGeorgeWashington
establishedademocraticAmerica
–The25mostinfluentialhistoricalfiguresinthepast500years
–Thatwecanlearnaboutthehistoryoftheworldinjustthreehoursthroughleisurelyreading
–Thatwecanunderstandthelast100yearsofChinesehistoryinjustoneminute
–Thatwecanhavedifferentemotionalreactionstodifferenthistoricalevents
