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《人类的故事（插图·中文导读英文版）》是一部描写人类文明发展史的经典之作。房龙以轻松平易的风格及幽默风趣的语言，由人类的起源、史前人类、佛祖释迦牟尼、圣人孔子、古希腊和罗马帝国、十字军东征、文艺复兴、启蒙运动，一直写到近代，为读者展示了人类历史的浩荡长卷。该书一度被美国中学选为历史教科书，还曾获得美国名的儿童文学奖“纽伯瑞奖”。
无论作为通俗的人类文明历史读本，还是作为语言学习的课外读物，本书对当代中国的读者都将产生积极的影响。为了使读者能够了解每段历史概况，提高阅读速度和阅读水平，在每段故事的开始部分增加了中文导读。同时，为了读者更好地理解书中内容，在部分章节中加入了插图，其中不乏不同时期画家的作品。
目录
1．舞台布景
2．我们的祖先
3．史前人类
4．象形文字
5．尼罗河谷地
6．埃及的故事
7．两河流域
8．苏美尔人
9．摩西
10．腓尼基人
11．印欧人
12．爱琴海
13．古希腊人
14．古希腊城市
15．古希腊的自治
16．古希腊生活
17．古希腊戏剧
18．波斯战争
19．雅典对斯巴达
20．亚历山大大帝
21．小结
22．罗马与迦太基
23．罗马的崛起
24．罗马帝国
25．拿舍勒的约书亚
26．罗马的覆亡
27．教会的崛起
28．穆罕默德
29．查理曼大帝
30．北欧人
31．封建社会
32．骑士制度
33．教皇对皇帝
34．十字军东征
35．中世纪的城市
36．中世纪的自治
37．中世纪世界
38．中世纪的贸易
39．文艺复兴
40．表现的时代
41．大发现
42．佛陀与孔子
43．宗教改革
44．宗教战争
45．英国革命厂
46．势力均衡
47．俄罗斯的崛起
48．俄罗斯对瑞典
49．普鲁士的崛起
50．重商主义
51．美国革命
52．法国革命
53．拿破仑
54．神圣同盟
55．大反动
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摘要与插图
Gradually， however， these representatives of the "commons" wereconsulted upon many of the problems and the meeting of noblemen， bishopsand city delegates developed into a regular Parliament， a place "oul'onparlait，" which means in English where people talked， before important affairs of state were decided upon.But the institution of such a general advisory board with certain executivepowers was not an English invention， as seems to be the general belief， and
govemment by a "king and his parliament" was by no means restricted to the British Isles. You will find it in every part of Europe. In some countries， like France， the rapid increase of the Royal power after the Middle Ages reduced the influence ofthe tsparliament" to nothing. In the year 1302 representatives of the cities had been admitted to the meeting of the French Parliament， but five centuries had to pass before this "Parliament" was strong enough to assert the rights of the middle class， the so-called Third Estate， and break the power of the king. Then they made up for lost time and during the French Revolution， abolished the king， the clergy and the nobles and made the representatives of the common people the rulers of the land. In Spain the "cortes" （ the king's council） had been opened to the commoners as early as the first half of the twelfth century. In the German Empire， a number of important cities had obtained the rank of "imperial cities" whose representatives must be heard in the imperial diet. In Sweden， representatives of the people attended the sessions of the Riksdag at the first meeting of the year 1359. In Denmark the Daneholf， the ancient national assembly， was re-established in 1314， and， although the nobles often regained control of the country at the expense of the king and the people， the representatives of the cities were never completely deprived of theirpower.
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