Reading World History with Yongseonsaeng as a General Knowledge, Volume 8
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Book Introduction
A completely revised edition of "Reading World History with Yongseonsaeng as a Liberal Arts Course" has been published.
The "Mr. Yong" series, which became the standard for studying world history.
Now you can discover the world's cultural heritage through QR videos!
A comprehensively revised edition of "Yongseonsaeng World History: A Cultured Guide," a consistent bestseller in the children's and youth world history category since its publication in 2017, has been released.
《Reading World History with Mr. Yong as a Liberal Arts》 is a series that follows the unwavering Korean history bestseller 《Mr. Yong's Bustling Korean History》, and is the world history book most recommended among parents of elementary and middle school students.
Children who find studying world history daunting, children who find memorization uninteresting, and children who are just beginning to take an interest in history.
And I highly recommend it to everyone, including parents who want to study with their children.
Why is it necessary to study world history?
World history is an essential knowledge for living in modern society.
The news reports on events from around the world every day.
From the conflict between the United States and China, the war between Russia and Ukraine, the long-running conflict between Israel and Arab states, to the global climate crisis, all these events are deeply intertwined with world history.
Only by knowing world history can we truly understand today's world.
The importance of world history in schools is growing.
Under the revised curriculum, children will learn world history before Korean history in middle school.
Because there is no world history course in elementary school, children are suddenly exposed to material they have never encountered before.
Because you have to memorize unfamiliar place names, people, events, and years to take the test, it's easy to get the impression that it's stiff and boring.
It is perhaps natural that world history, which begins without background knowledge, may seem difficult for children.
Why is it that when studying world history, we must read “Yongseonsaeng World History as a Liberal Arts”?
Studying world history, like studying Korean history, requires storytelling.
A story with context and flow is not easily forgotten over time.
It also naturally connects with knowledge from other subjects.
This is why children need good storytelling content, not just books for simple memorization.
"Reading World History with Mr. Yong as a Liberal Arts" is a series that explains the major trends of world history from the evolution of mankind to modern society with the question, "Why?"
When Mr. Yong raises a topic from each era, the history class students constantly ask, "Why?"
Mr. Yong naturally explains the context and flow of history while answering children's questions.
The Greco-Persian Wars, the Peloponnesian War, and Alexander the Great, which we had memorized in fragments, are connected as one story.
The study keywords you need to memorize will soon become fun old stories.
To write a book that is both easy to read and profound, the authors, Mr. Yong, consulted not only middle and high school world history textbooks, but also various world history books from Korea and abroad, foreign textbooks from the United States, Germany, and other countries, as well as domestic and international academic papers.
Mr. Yong's greatest strength is delivering balanced and in-depth content at the children's eye level.
The upper elementary grades are the most appropriate time to begin studying world history, both in terms of developmental stage and curriculum.
For children who want to study world history by connecting context and meaning through storytelling, "Reading World History with Yongseonsaeng as Liberal Arts" is the optimal solution.
The "Mr. Yong" series, which became the standard for studying world history.
Now you can discover the world's cultural heritage through QR videos!
A comprehensively revised edition of "Yongseonsaeng World History: A Cultured Guide," a consistent bestseller in the children's and youth world history category since its publication in 2017, has been released.
《Reading World History with Mr. Yong as a Liberal Arts》 is a series that follows the unwavering Korean history bestseller 《Mr. Yong's Bustling Korean History》, and is the world history book most recommended among parents of elementary and middle school students.
Children who find studying world history daunting, children who find memorization uninteresting, and children who are just beginning to take an interest in history.
And I highly recommend it to everyone, including parents who want to study with their children.
Why is it necessary to study world history?
World history is an essential knowledge for living in modern society.
The news reports on events from around the world every day.
From the conflict between the United States and China, the war between Russia and Ukraine, the long-running conflict between Israel and Arab states, to the global climate crisis, all these events are deeply intertwined with world history.
Only by knowing world history can we truly understand today's world.
The importance of world history in schools is growing.
Under the revised curriculum, children will learn world history before Korean history in middle school.
Because there is no world history course in elementary school, children are suddenly exposed to material they have never encountered before.
Because you have to memorize unfamiliar place names, people, events, and years to take the test, it's easy to get the impression that it's stiff and boring.
It is perhaps natural that world history, which begins without background knowledge, may seem difficult for children.
Why is it that when studying world history, we must read “Yongseonsaeng World History as a Liberal Arts”?
Studying world history, like studying Korean history, requires storytelling.
A story with context and flow is not easily forgotten over time.
It also naturally connects with knowledge from other subjects.
This is why children need good storytelling content, not just books for simple memorization.
"Reading World History with Mr. Yong as a Liberal Arts" is a series that explains the major trends of world history from the evolution of mankind to modern society with the question, "Why?"
When Mr. Yong raises a topic from each era, the history class students constantly ask, "Why?"
Mr. Yong naturally explains the context and flow of history while answering children's questions.
The Greco-Persian Wars, the Peloponnesian War, and Alexander the Great, which we had memorized in fragments, are connected as one story.
The study keywords you need to memorize will soon become fun old stories.
To write a book that is both easy to read and profound, the authors, Mr. Yong, consulted not only middle and high school world history textbooks, but also various world history books from Korea and abroad, foreign textbooks from the United States, Germany, and other countries, as well as domestic and international academic papers.
Mr. Yong's greatest strength is delivering balanced and in-depth content at the children's eye level.
The upper elementary grades are the most appropriate time to begin studying world history, both in terms of developmental stage and curriculum.
For children who want to study world history by connecting context and meaning through storytelling, "Reading World History with Yongseonsaeng as Liberal Arts" is the optimal solution.
- You can preview some of the book's contents.
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index
Volume 8: Europe Erupts, Asia Stands at the Top
Absolute monarchy, scientific revolution and enlightenment, Qing Dynasty, Edo shogunate
1st Period: European countries engage in fierce competition on the world stage
The Benelux countries that formed the foundation of the European Union
The fall of Spain and the opening of the sea route
Mercantilism: Do business and fill the king's coffers.
A stock company is born
The Netherlands' leap into Asia and prosperity
Following the Dutch, Britain and France entered the Indian Ocean trade.
Britain and France fight over the North American fur trade
The tears of Africans shed in the Atlantic Triangular Trade
2nd period France, where an absolute monarchy was established, and England, where a constitutional monarchy was established
France, a country where art flourished on top of its blessed nature
Europe is embroiled in the devastating Thirty Years' War
A new international order is being established in Europe.
The establishment of an absolute monarchy in France
France stands tall as Europe's strongest nation
The British Parliament executes the king and declares a republic.
England, which established a constitutional monarchy through the Glorious Revolution
3rd Period: British Colonies Establish in North America
Canada, a multicultural society created by immigrants
Europeans who started a new life in North America
Relations between North America and Britain are getting worse.
War between Britain and France breaks out in North America
Colonies dream of independence amid British tax bombs
4th Period: Scientific Revolution: A Changing Perspective on the World
Four families under one roof, the island nation of Britain
The Copernican Revolution that opened our eyes to a new world
Why Star Scientist Galileo Was Tried for Heresy
Europeans' new worldview: rationalism and empiricism
Science is making remarkable progress
The flowering of enlightenment
The development of social contract theory
5th Period: Central European Countries Emerge as Powerhouses
Russia, a huge country on the Eurasian continent
Austria rises from the ruins of the Thirty Years' War
The War of the Austrian Succession begins
The periphery of Brandenburg grows into the powerful Kingdom of Prussia.
Prussia and Austria fought fiercely over Silesia
Peter I reforms backward Russia
Russia enters its second heyday
6th Period: The Edo Shogunate: A Peaceful Era Begins
Touring Japan's capital, Tokyo
The shogun strengthens centralized power
The Edo shogunate locks the country's gates
The Edo period, a period of prosperity brought about by the development of commerce
Poverty and famine rocked the Edo period.
Local governments seek ways to survive and embark on reforms to govern their provinces.
7th Period: The Qing Dynasty, China's last dynasty founded by the Manchus
Tibet in China's Tibet Autonomous Region, where people live while preserving their unique culture
The Manchus crossed the Great Wall and established the Qing Dynasty.
Governing China with Carrot and Stick
The three emperors who led the Qing Dynasty to its peak
The wide-open gates of the sea led to the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty.
Qing Dynasty clashes with the European continent
Absolute monarchy, scientific revolution and enlightenment, Qing Dynasty, Edo shogunate
1st Period: European countries engage in fierce competition on the world stage
The Benelux countries that formed the foundation of the European Union
The fall of Spain and the opening of the sea route
Mercantilism: Do business and fill the king's coffers.
A stock company is born
The Netherlands' leap into Asia and prosperity
Following the Dutch, Britain and France entered the Indian Ocean trade.
Britain and France fight over the North American fur trade
The tears of Africans shed in the Atlantic Triangular Trade
2nd period France, where an absolute monarchy was established, and England, where a constitutional monarchy was established
France, a country where art flourished on top of its blessed nature
Europe is embroiled in the devastating Thirty Years' War
A new international order is being established in Europe.
The establishment of an absolute monarchy in France
France stands tall as Europe's strongest nation
The British Parliament executes the king and declares a republic.
England, which established a constitutional monarchy through the Glorious Revolution
3rd Period: British Colonies Establish in North America
Canada, a multicultural society created by immigrants
Europeans who started a new life in North America
Relations between North America and Britain are getting worse.
War between Britain and France breaks out in North America
Colonies dream of independence amid British tax bombs
4th Period: Scientific Revolution: A Changing Perspective on the World
Four families under one roof, the island nation of Britain
The Copernican Revolution that opened our eyes to a new world
Why Star Scientist Galileo Was Tried for Heresy
Europeans' new worldview: rationalism and empiricism
Science is making remarkable progress
The flowering of enlightenment
The development of social contract theory
5th Period: Central European Countries Emerge as Powerhouses
Russia, a huge country on the Eurasian continent
Austria rises from the ruins of the Thirty Years' War
The War of the Austrian Succession begins
The periphery of Brandenburg grows into the powerful Kingdom of Prussia.
Prussia and Austria fought fiercely over Silesia
Peter I reforms backward Russia
Russia enters its second heyday
6th Period: The Edo Shogunate: A Peaceful Era Begins
Touring Japan's capital, Tokyo
The shogun strengthens centralized power
The Edo shogunate locks the country's gates
The Edo period, a period of prosperity brought about by the development of commerce
Poverty and famine rocked the Edo period.
Local governments seek ways to survive and embark on reforms to govern their provinces.
7th Period: The Qing Dynasty, China's last dynasty founded by the Manchus
Tibet in China's Tibet Autonomous Region, where people live while preserving their unique culture
The Manchus crossed the Great Wall and established the Qing Dynasty.
Governing China with Carrot and Stick
The three emperors who led the Qing Dynasty to its peak
The wide-open gates of the sea led to the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty.
Qing Dynasty clashes with the European continent
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Publisher's Review
Bestselling World History Books for Children and Young Adults
Completely Revised Edition of "Reading World History with Yongseonsaeng as a Liberal Arts Course"
What has changed?
■A world history book that is easy to read with easy descriptions!
The greatest strength of “Reading World History with Yongseonsaeng as a Liberal Arts Course” is its Yongseonsaeng-style narrative that explains difficult content in an easy-to-understand manner.
World history unfolds in a unique narrative style that captures the lively discussion-style classes of Mr. Yong and his five children, known as the "Yong History Class."
Difficult topics such as the development of Greek democracy, the background of Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam becoming world religions, and the reasons why feudal lords of China's Warring States period pursued policies to enrich their country and strengthen their military are all addressed through easy-to-understand conversational narratives and Professor Yong's witty explanations, gradually unraveling the threads of history.
In this fully revised edition, the narrative has been enhanced and refined to make it easier and more readable.
A more friendly narrative makes world history much more interesting.
■A vivid cultural heritage lecture with over 100 QR videos!
The most regrettable thing about studying world history is that it is difficult to go and see it in person.
To complement this, the fully revised edition adds QR videos that vividly convey artifacts, sites, events, and people from around the world.
A total of 100 videos are presented, each with a different theme, and each episode unfolds into an interesting story.
It consists of vivid photographs of relics and sites necessary for studying world history, AI restorations and imaginations created through meticulous research, and fun animations directed by Mr. Yong and children, allowing you to go beyond the limitations of paper books and enjoy an interesting experience of relics and sites from around the world, as well as episodes of major world historical events and figures.
■Linked to the revised middle and high school curriculum!
The fully revised edition aligns with the middle and high school curriculum.
You can check the connection between each lesson and the textbook unit in the table of contents of each volume.
World history terminology has also been unified to the terminology used in textbooks.
Additionally, summary notes and key problem pages were created with a focus on curriculum linkage.
[Na Seon-ae's Summary Note] allows you to systematically organize what you've read, focusing on essential key words from textbooks. [Find a World History Expert!] includes actual school exam questions to enhance your learning effectiveness.
To ensure alignment with the curriculum, we hired a current history teacher as a reviewer to include voices from the educational field.
■Over 5,500 photos and illustrations, 600 real-life maps
Mr. Yong conveys historical content not only through text but also through images.
For children learning world history for the first time, visual aids can be a great help.
Photographs and paintings vividly convey the atmosphere of the time and are also effective in fostering historical imagination.
That is why, in “Reading World History with Yongseonsaeng as a Liberal Arts Course,” we inserted an overwhelming amount of image materials.
In the 'Completely Revised Edition', we've upgraded the design specifications to provide clearer image data.
In addition, Lee Woo-il's drawings, which hit the nail on the head, and the restored drawings and explanatory illustrations that faithfully recreate scenes of past life vividly show historical facts while also being both entertaining and informative.
To study world history, it is important to develop a sense of geography.
To achieve this, we have inserted as many high-level maps as possible.
Using a total of 600 real-life maps, you can instantly understand the locations where historical events took place as well as the natural environment there.
■ "Where is the site of history now?": connecting past history with present life
《Reading World History with Mr. Yong as a Liberal Arts》 also has a corner designed to connect the past and present.
Before each lesson in the book begins, you will read "Where is the Site of History Now?", which provides an overview of the current state of historical sites.
Children who did not know that the Mesopotamian civilization arose in what is now Iraq are imagining various things, connecting the past and present.
Additionally, this comprehensively revised edition faithfully reflects the changing times by updating human geography information, including figures and events from around the world.
■ Thorough review by 16 experts from different regions and eras
《Reading World History with Mr. Yong as a Liberal Arts》 is a book that cost 3 billion won to produce and involved a development team of around 40 people.
The Social Criticism and History Research Institute has invited experts to give lectures on approximately 100 occasions, and has enriched its content by drawing on hundreds of domestic and international references and research materials.
Furthermore, through consultation with 16 historical experts representing various regions and eras around the world and thorough review, the historical narratives of each lesson were composed in a more balanced manner.
Volume 8 covers the development of Europe through major events such as the rise of absolute monarchy and the spread of the Enlightenment.
The history of China's Qing Dynasty and the Edo Shogunate is also explained in an easy-to-understand way.
Completely Revised Edition of "Reading World History with Yongseonsaeng as a Liberal Arts Course"
What has changed?
■A world history book that is easy to read with easy descriptions!
The greatest strength of “Reading World History with Yongseonsaeng as a Liberal Arts Course” is its Yongseonsaeng-style narrative that explains difficult content in an easy-to-understand manner.
World history unfolds in a unique narrative style that captures the lively discussion-style classes of Mr. Yong and his five children, known as the "Yong History Class."
Difficult topics such as the development of Greek democracy, the background of Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam becoming world religions, and the reasons why feudal lords of China's Warring States period pursued policies to enrich their country and strengthen their military are all addressed through easy-to-understand conversational narratives and Professor Yong's witty explanations, gradually unraveling the threads of history.
In this fully revised edition, the narrative has been enhanced and refined to make it easier and more readable.
A more friendly narrative makes world history much more interesting.
■A vivid cultural heritage lecture with over 100 QR videos!
The most regrettable thing about studying world history is that it is difficult to go and see it in person.
To complement this, the fully revised edition adds QR videos that vividly convey artifacts, sites, events, and people from around the world.
A total of 100 videos are presented, each with a different theme, and each episode unfolds into an interesting story.
It consists of vivid photographs of relics and sites necessary for studying world history, AI restorations and imaginations created through meticulous research, and fun animations directed by Mr. Yong and children, allowing you to go beyond the limitations of paper books and enjoy an interesting experience of relics and sites from around the world, as well as episodes of major world historical events and figures.
■Linked to the revised middle and high school curriculum!
The fully revised edition aligns with the middle and high school curriculum.
You can check the connection between each lesson and the textbook unit in the table of contents of each volume.
World history terminology has also been unified to the terminology used in textbooks.
Additionally, summary notes and key problem pages were created with a focus on curriculum linkage.
[Na Seon-ae's Summary Note] allows you to systematically organize what you've read, focusing on essential key words from textbooks. [Find a World History Expert!] includes actual school exam questions to enhance your learning effectiveness.
To ensure alignment with the curriculum, we hired a current history teacher as a reviewer to include voices from the educational field.
■Over 5,500 photos and illustrations, 600 real-life maps
Mr. Yong conveys historical content not only through text but also through images.
For children learning world history for the first time, visual aids can be a great help.
Photographs and paintings vividly convey the atmosphere of the time and are also effective in fostering historical imagination.
That is why, in “Reading World History with Yongseonsaeng as a Liberal Arts Course,” we inserted an overwhelming amount of image materials.
In the 'Completely Revised Edition', we've upgraded the design specifications to provide clearer image data.
In addition, Lee Woo-il's drawings, which hit the nail on the head, and the restored drawings and explanatory illustrations that faithfully recreate scenes of past life vividly show historical facts while also being both entertaining and informative.
To study world history, it is important to develop a sense of geography.
To achieve this, we have inserted as many high-level maps as possible.
Using a total of 600 real-life maps, you can instantly understand the locations where historical events took place as well as the natural environment there.
■ "Where is the site of history now?": connecting past history with present life
《Reading World History with Mr. Yong as a Liberal Arts》 also has a corner designed to connect the past and present.
Before each lesson in the book begins, you will read "Where is the Site of History Now?", which provides an overview of the current state of historical sites.
Children who did not know that the Mesopotamian civilization arose in what is now Iraq are imagining various things, connecting the past and present.
Additionally, this comprehensively revised edition faithfully reflects the changing times by updating human geography information, including figures and events from around the world.
■ Thorough review by 16 experts from different regions and eras
《Reading World History with Mr. Yong as a Liberal Arts》 is a book that cost 3 billion won to produce and involved a development team of around 40 people.
The Social Criticism and History Research Institute has invited experts to give lectures on approximately 100 occasions, and has enriched its content by drawing on hundreds of domestic and international references and research materials.
Furthermore, through consultation with 16 historical experts representing various regions and eras around the world and thorough review, the historical narratives of each lesson were composed in a more balanced manner.
Volume 8 covers the development of Europe through major events such as the rise of absolute monarchy and the spread of the Enlightenment.
The history of China's Qing Dynasty and the Edo Shogunate is also explained in an easy-to-understand way.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: July 23, 2025
- Format: Hardcover book binding method guide
- Page count, weight, size: 452 pages | 190*250*30mm
- ISBN13: 9791162733677
- ISBN10: 1162733675
- KC Certification: Certification Type: Conformity Confirmation
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