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- Provides a comprehensive and rapid overview of the evolution of Human civilization with simple words and colorful images
- Illustrates Chinese view on World History
- Provides a real World History, not traditional world history which emphasizes western history
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This book sets forth the historical lines from primitive society, through slave society, feudal society and capitalist society, to socialist society, and from Stone Age to information era with brief words and colorful images, and also clarifies the evolution from the relative isolation to close connection between countries in different parts in the world. This book strives to present scientifically the development processes and interrelations of all parts of the world based on plentiful data and objective materials and reveal the contributions on the human civilization process from all civilizations and the glorious way to the human community with a shared future.
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Zhang Shunhong is a research fellow of World History, especially British History, at Institute of Historical Theory, Chinese Academy of History in Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and published many articles and monographs, including British Views on China: At the Dawn of the 19th Century.
Guo Zilin is a research fellow of World History, especially Ancient Egyptian History, at Chinese Academy of History in Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and published many articles and monographs, including Despotism of Ptolemaic Dynasty of Ancient Egypt.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A Brief History of the World
Book Subtitle: The Evolution of Human Civilization
Authors: Shunhong Zhang, Zilin Guo, Xiaodong Zhen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-9326-9
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: China Social Sciences Press 2025
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-96-9325-2Published: 28 August 2025
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-96-9328-3Due: 11 September 2026
eBook ISBN: 978-981-96-9326-9Published: 27 August 2025
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 144
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Social History, World History, Global and Transnational History, Sociology of Culture