房龙是美国**通俗历史学家,善于用轻巧俏皮的文字,撰写历史、文化、文明、科学等方面的通俗历史著作,向人类的无知与偏执挑战,将知识与真理普及为人所共识的常识。本书试图挖掘每个角落,探索每个地区,研究人类理性范围内每一现象的深藏意义。

THE STORY OF MANKIND
FOREWORD
1 THE SETTING OF THE STAGE
2 OUR EARLIEST ANCESTORS
3 PREHISTORIC MAN
4 HIEROGLYPHICS
5 THE NILE VALLEY
6 THE STORY OF EGYPT
7 MESOPOTAMIA
8 THE SUMERIANS
9 MOSES
10 THE PHCENICIANS
11 THE INDO-EUROPEANS
12 THE AEGEAN SEA
13 THE GREEKS
14 THE GREEK CITIES
15 GREEK SELF-GOVERNMENT
16 GREEK LIFE
17 THE GREEK THEATRE
18 THE PERSIAN WARS
19 ATHENS vs. SPARTA
20 ALEXANDER THE GREAT
21 A SUMMARY
22 ROME AND CARTHAGE
23 THE RISE OF ROME
24 THE ROMAN EMPIRE
25 JOSHUA OF NAZARETH
26 THE FALL OF ROME
27 RISE OF THE CHURCH
28 MOHAMMED
29 CHARLEMAGNE
30 THE NORSEMEN
31 FEUDALISM
32 CHIVALRY
33 POPE vs. EMPEROR
34 THE CRUSADES
35 THE MEDIAEVAL CITY
36 MEDIAEVAL SELF-GOVERNMENT
37 THE MEDITEVAL WORLD
38 MEDIAEVAL TRADE
39 THE RENAISSANCE
40 THE AGE OF EXPRESSION
41 THE GREAT DISCOVERIES
42 BUDDHA AND CONFUCIUS
43 THE REFORMATION
44 RELIGIOUS WARFARE
45 THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION
46 THE BALANCE OF POWER
47 THE RISE OF RUSSIA
48 RUSSIA vs. SWEDEN
49 THE RISE OF PRUSSIA
50 THE MERCANTILE SYSTEM
51 THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
52 THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
53 NAPOLEON
54 THE HOLY ALLIANCE
55 THE GREAT REACTION
56 NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE
57 THE AGE OF THE ENGINE
58 THE SOCIAL REVOLUTION
59 EMANCIPATION
60 THE AGE OF SCIENCE
61 ART
62 COLONIAL EXPANSION AND WAR
63 A NEW WORLD
64 AS IT EVER SHALL BE
65 AFTER SEVEN YEARS
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THE STORY OF INVENTION
FOREWORD
1 MAN THE INVENTOR
2 FROM SKIN TO SKY-SCRAPER
3 THE TAMING HAND
4 FROM FOOTTO FLYING-MACHINE
5 THE THPISAMDWOSE VARIED MOUTH
6 THE NOSE
7 THE EAR
8 THE EYE