【人类的故事】人类的故事(英文版)基本信息·出版社：世界图书出版公司·页码：440页·出版日期：2009年05月·ISBN：7506294826/9787506294829·条形码：9787506294829·版本：第1版·装帧：平装·开本：32·正文语种：英语·外文书名：THESTORYOFMANKKIND内容简介《人类的故事》主要讲述了：世界文学名著表现了作者描述的特定时代的文化。阅读这些名著可以领略著者流畅的文笔、逼真的描述、详细的刻画，让读者如同置身当时的历史文化之中。为此，编者将这套精心编辑的“名著典藏”奉献给广大读者。编辑推荐《人类的故事》是由房龙所编著，世界图书出版公司出版发行的。目录FOREWORDTHESETTINGOFTHESTAGEOUREARLIESTANCESTORSPREHISTORICMANHIEROGLYPHICSTHENILEVALLEYTHESTORYOFEGYPTMESOPOTAMIATHESUMERIANSMOSESTHEPHOENICIANSTHEINDO-EUROPEANSTHEAEGEANSEATHEGREEKSTHEGREEKCITIESGREEKSELF-GOVERNMENTGREEKLIFETHEGREEKTHEATRETHEPERSIANWARSATHENSVS.SPARTAALEXANDERTHEGREATASUMMARYROMEANDCARTHAGETHERISEOFROMETHEROMANEMPIREJOSHUAOFNAZARETHTHEFALLOFROMERISEOFTHECHURCHMOHAMMEDCHARLEMAGNETHENORSEMENFEUDALISMCHIVALRYPOPEVS.EMPERORTHECRUSADESTHEMEDIAEVALCITYMEDIAEVALSELF-GOVERNMENTTHEMEDIAEVALWORLDMEDIAEVALTRADETHERENAISSANCETHEAGEOFEXPRESSIONTHEGREATDISCOVERIESBUDDHAANDCONFUCIUSTHEREFORMATIONRELIGIOUSWARFARETHEENGLISHREVOLUTIONTHEBALANCEOFPOWERTHERISEOFRUSSIARUSSIAVS.SWEDENTHERISEOFPRUSSIATHEMERCANTILESYSTEMTHEAMERICANREVOLUTIONTHEFRENCHREVOLUTIONNAPOLEONTHEHOLYALLIANCETHEGREATREACTIONNATIONALINDEPENDENCETHEAGEOFTHEENGINETHESOCIALREVOLUTIONEMANCIPATIONTHEAGEOFSCIENCEARTCOLONIALEXPANSIONANDWARANEWWORLDASITEVERSHALLBE⋯⋯序言世界文学名著表现了作者描述的特定时代的文化。阅读这些名著可以领略著者流畅的文笔、逼真的描述、详细的刻画，让读者如同置身当时的历史文化之中。为此，我们将这套精心编辑的“名著典藏”奉献给广大读者。我们找来了专门研究西方历史、西方文化的专家学者，请教了专业的翻译人员，精心挑选了这些可以代表西方文学的著作，并听取了一些国外专门研究文学的朋友的建议，不删节、不做任何人为改动，严格按照原著的风格，提供原汁原味的西方名著，让读者能享受纯正的英文名著。随着阅读的展开，你会发现自己的英语水平无形中有了大幅提高，并且对西方历史文化的了解也日益深入广阔。送您一套经典，让您受益永远！文摘插图：Onthecontraryitwasinhabitedbyasmallclassofveryrichpeopleandalargeclassofverypoorones.Therehadbeenanotherchange.Theoldcommander-in-chiefwhohadbeenwillinglyrecognisedas”headman”or”King”becauseheknewhowtoleadhismentovictory,haddisappearedfromthescene.Hisplacehadbeentakenbythenobles-aclassofrichpeoplewhoduringthecourseoftimehadgotholdofanundueshareofthefarmsandestates.Thesenoblesenjoyedmanyadvantagesoverthecommoncrowdoffreemen.TheywereabletobuythebestweaponswhichweretobefoundonthemarketoftheeasternMediterranean.Theyhadmuchsparetimeinwhichtheycouldpractisetheartoffighting.Theylivedinstronglybuilthousesandtheycouldhiresoldierstofightforthem.Theywereconstantlyquarrellingamongeachothertodecidewhoshouldrulethecity.ThevictoriousnoblemanthenassumedasortofKingshipoverallhisneighboursandgovernedthetownuntilheinturnwaskilledordrivenawaybystillanotherambitiousnobleman.
