Book recommendation on history

The books on history are recommended as follows: A Brief History of Human Beings: From Animals to Gods, Things in Ming Dynasty, Fifteen Years of Wanli, Political Gains and Losses of China in Past Dynasties and General History of China.

1, A Brief History of Mankind: From Animals to God is a historical work created by yuval Herari, which was first published in 20 12. The author describes the history of human evolution from the Stone Age to 2 1 century, and divides human history into four stages: cognitive revolution, agricultural revolution, human integration and unity and scientific revolution.

2. Ming History is a popular historical work serialized on the Internet. This was written by Yue Ming, a historian, and the subtitle of the book is "History can also be written in this way". From the birth of Zhu Yuanzhang to the battle of Jingnan, Emperor Yongle won the throne. The book is based on historical materials, with time and specific characters as the main line, with novel style and humorous language, just like telling one story after another, and adding the romance of political and economic system and ethics at that time.

3. Fifteen Years of Wanli is a historical work created by Huang Renyu, which was first published in 198 1.

In the fifteenth year of Wanli, from the research perspective of "grand historical view", this paper selects the fifteenth year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty (1587) as the breakthrough point, and uses the narrative mode and biographical chapters of historical novels to describe the tragic fate of key historical figures and explore the profound reasons for the decline of the empire in the late Ming Dynasty. This fully embodies the author's great historical view, that is, macro and systematic history, that is, "looking at history from a technical point of view."

4. China's Political Gains and Losses in Past Dynasties is a book published by Life, Reading and New Knowledge Joint Publishing Company 200 1 1. The author is Qian Mu. This book is compiled from the lecture notes published by Mr. Qian Mu 1952. The five dynasties of Han, Tang, Song, Ming and Qing are selected in the book, which can generally represent the whole process of China's history.

Mr. Qian Mu focuses on the political gains and losses of a generation from two aspects of personnel and system, while the system focuses on government organization, finance and taxation, civil service election system and national defense military system, which are the foundation of the country.

5. A General History of China is a book published by Zhonghua Book Company on 20 15. The writer is Lv Simian. The General History of China, formerly known as Fuxing Senior High School Textbook National History, was written by Mr. Lv Simian in the 1930s for senior high school students in China.