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Chapter 1: Europe

Episode 1: Ancient Greece
Although it is a city in size, it is governed like a proper country.
Around 750 BC to 500 BC
City-state polis
A war with a terrifyingly large country in the Middle East
Around 500 BC to 450 BC
Persian Wars
War broke out between ancient Greek states
Around 400 BC to 300 BC
Peloponnesian War
Alexander the Great, who was on an overwhelmingly different level
Around 350 BC to 320 BC
Alexander the Great's Eastern Expedition
Facing the growing power of ancient Rome
Around 200 BC to 150 BC
Macedonian War

Episode 2: Ancient Rome
The astonishing development of ancient Roman civilization
Around 500 BC to 300 BC
War of Unification of the Italian Peninsula
A big match between rivals for Mediterranean supremacy
Around 250 BC to 150 BC
Punic Wars
Civil war broke out as the gap between rich and poor widened.
Around 150 BC to 50 BC
A century of civil war
The emergence of an absolute ruler who ruled all of Rome
Around 50 BC - AD 180
The Birth of the Roman Empire
The weakened empire was forced to divide
Around 200 to 400 AD
Tetrarchy (Tetrachy)

Episode 3: After the Collapse of the Roman Empire
The Battle of the Barbarians vs. the Roman Empire
Around 400-500 AD
The Great Migration of the Germanic Peoples
Justinian the Great and the Roman Empire Strikes Back
Around 500-550 AD
Justinian's reign
Explosive conquests in a Middle Eastern country
Around 650-750 AD
Umayyad dynasty's territorial expansion
The Frankish Kingdom vs. the Dangerous Nations of the Middle East
Around 700-800 AD
Battle of Tours and Poitiers
The current European form is gradually emerging
Around 800-850 AD
Division of the Frankish kingdom

Episode 4: The Holy Roman Empire
The structure of Europe after the collapse of the Frankish kingdom
Around 500 to 900 AD
The Birth of France and the Holy Roman Empire
All ancestors of current European countries gathered together
Around 1050-1100
Norman raids
Dispatch of the 'Crusade', sacred only in name
Around 1050-1300
Crusades
An attack by a country so powerful it's beyond imagination
Around 1200-1250
Mongol invasion
An ordinary country girl saves her country from destruction.
Around 1350-1450
The Hundred Years' War between England and France
Drive out the Islamic forces from the Middle East!
Around 700-1500 AD
Reconquista
Drive out the Mongols!
Around 1450-1500
Liberation from the 'Tatar yoke'
The End of the 2,000-Year History of the Roman Empire
Around 1400-1500
Fall of Constantinople
War at Sea: Britain vs. Spain
Around 1500-1600
Battle of Armada
The division of Christianity developed into a religious war.
Around 1600-1650
Thirty Years' War

Episode 5: The French Revolution
Europe, which only wages war without tiring
Around 1600-1700
British and French overseas expansion
A battle for supremacy between two Northern European powers
Around 1700-1750
Great Northern War
The birth of a world hegemon in the distant future
Around 1750-1780
American independence
France went wild after its internal strife led to its collapse.
Around 1780-1820
French Revolution

Episode 6: World War I
The Declining Holy Roman Empire
Around 1600-1800
Westphalian system
The Rise of Napoleon, the Dangerous Emperor
Around 1800-1850
Napoleonic Wars
A peaceful era that disappeared like the wind
Around 1850
The collapse of the empty system
The birth of a very powerful empire in the heart of Europe
Around 1850-1900
The Birth of the German Empire
The current prototype of the United States is complete.
Around 1800-1900
The Birth of America
The great Russian Empire is attacked by the eastern countries.
Around 1850-1910
Russo-Japanese War
Europe's powder keg, a huge explosion
Around 1910
Outbreak of World War I
Russia self-destructs
Around 1910-1920
First Russian Revolution
A war more hellish than hell, finally ending.
Around 1920
Treaty of Versailles

Episode 7: World War II
Germany, reduced to rubble, is reborn as a land of peace.
Around 1920
The birth of the Weimar Republic
A huge superpower suddenly appears
Around 1915-1925
Second Russian Revolution
A panic that threw the world into chaos
Around 1925-1935
Great Depression
Outbreak of World War II
Around 1930-1941
Hitler and Nazi Germany
The United States, which had been holding its ground, begins to move.
Around 1941-1945
America's entry into World War II
Humanity divided into two
Around 1945-1991
cold war

Chapter 2: The Middle East

Episode 1: Ancient Mesopotamia
An ancient civilization of aliens(?) that rapidly developed humanity
3200 BC - 2000 BC
Sumer
The ancient civilization completed by 'iron'
Around 2000 BC to 1150 BC
Hittites
Mesopotamia's first unification of the world
Around 1100 BC to 600 BC
Assyria
The first super-large empire in human history
Around 600 BC to 300 BC
Achaemenid Persia
The birth of a religion that moved world history to a new level
Around 200-700 AD
The Birth of Islam

Episode 2: The Islamic Empire
A man who had a great influence on the world
Around 570 to 630
The Rise of Muhammad
Increasingly radical new religions
Around 630-730
Umayyad dynasty's territorial expansion
Mongolia vs. Islam
Around 740-1350
Mongol invasion
The Ottoman Empire reached its golden age
Around 1300-1920
The Rise of the Ottoman Empire
From a huge empire to a small Islamic state
Around 1920
The fall of the Ottoman Empire

Episode 3: The Middle East War
Jews, a people with many stories
Around 1000 BC
Exile
Britain's three-pronged diplomacy is nothing but empty rhetoric
Around 1910-1925
Britain's Palestine Strategy
Hitler's influence in persecuting the Jews
Around 1930-1948
Hitler's policy of exterminating the Jews
The First Middle East War
Around 1948-1950
First Middle East War
Middle East wars surrounding major rivers
Around 1950-1960
Second Middle East War
The Middle East war that started from a rumor
Around 1965-1970
Third Middle East War
The Middle East war that caused the oil shock
Around 1970~present
Fourth Middle East War

Chapter 3 India

Episode 1: History of India
The first (almost) unification of India, a country plagued by conflict.
Around 2600 BC to 180 BC
The prosperity of the Magadha kingdom
A country that rose up in North India
Around 300 to 650 AD
Gupta Dynasty rule
Give up the west and be invaded
Around 800-1200 AD
Rajput era
Most of India is under Islamic rule
Around 1200-1530
The Birth of the Delhi Sultanate
A country that is a 'descendant of Mongolia' and believes in 'Islam'
Around 1530-1700
The Rise and Fall of the Mughal Empire
The British Empire invades India
Around 1750-1880
The completion of the British Indian Empire
The British Empire's India policy that even ghosts would agree with
Around 1880-1920
British Empire's India Policy
Indian Independence and Gandhi
Around 1920-1950
Indian independence movement

Chapter 4: China

Episode 1: Before Qin
A bloody era with a romantic name
Around 1000 BC to 400 BC
Spring and Autumn Period
The most powerful kingdom among the Seven Warring States, Jin
Around 400 BC to 250 BC
Warring States Period
The first emperor in Chinese history
Around 250 BC to 200 BC
Emperor Shi Huang of Qin

Episode 2: Xiang Yu and Liu Bang
The noble general Xiang Yu and the commoner Liu Bang
Around 220 BC
Xiang Yu and Liu Bang
A rebellion against the Qin Dynasty and an incredibly strong general
Around 210 BC
Jin Seung and Oh Gwang's Rebellion
Xiang Yu, who was always victorious, and Liu Bang, who was always defeated
Around 210 BC to 200 BC
The fall of the Jin Dynasty
The second white-collar worker who illuminated Chinese history
Around 210 BC to 200 BC
The appearance of Hanshin
The world's most elite Xiang Yu vs. two former unemployed people
Around 210 BC to 200 BC
Battle of Haeha
The establishment of Han and the conflict between kings of Hanryang origin
Around 200 BC
Han Xin's Rebellion

Episode 3: Han
The Han Dynasty, a great nation founded by a former gangster
Around 250 BC to 200 BC
Han's ruling system
A turning point in a crisis! A country's rapid growth.
Around 150 BC to 100 BC
Centralization of the Han Dynasty and foreign invasion
The bloodline of the 'Great Whitebeard' revived in a turbulent country
Around 50 BC to 100 AD
The establishment of the Later Han Dynasty
The decline of the Han Dynasty and the rise of suspicious religions
Around 100 to 200 years ago
Yellow Turban Rebellion

Episode 4: Romance of the Three Kingdoms
A dangerous religion that shook the Han Dynasty, a 400-year-old empire.
Around 180-190 AD
Yellow Turban Rebellion
The genius beyond common sense, Jojo appears.
Around 190-200 AD
Cao Cao's achievements
The emergence of the "clever strategist" who perfected the Three Kingdoms era.
Around 200-250 AD
Zhuge Liang's plan to divide the world into three
The somehow unappealing ending of Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Around 280 AD
Jin's unification of the country

Episode 5: The Post-Three Kingdoms Era
The victor of the Three Kingdoms who collapsed in vain
Around 260-320 AD
The fall of the Jin Dynasty
The era of war, when foreigners were rampant
Around 300-450 AD
No. 5, 16 Kingdoms Period
The 'south' of the Han Chinese, the 'north' of the foreigners
Around 420-590 AD
Northern and Southern Dynasties period
Perfect Man, Yang Gyeon
Around 550 to 600 AD
Founding of the Sui Dynasty

Episode 6: Sui and Tang
A general with unparalleled talent in military and political affairs
Around 550-600 AD
Yang Jian's rule of the Sui Dynasty
The 'Emperor of the Land of the Setting Sun' who brought down the nation
Around 600 to 630 AD
The tyranny of the Sui Dynasty under Emperor Yang
Li Yuan, founder of the Tang Dynasty, and the historically renowned general Li Shimin
Around 620-650 AD
Founding of the Tang Dynasty
Emperor Xuanzong and the beautiful woman who shook the nation, Yang Guifei
Around 700-770 AD
Ansa Rebellion
Even a peaceful country comes to an end.
Around 800-880
Fall of the Tang Dynasty

Episode 7 Song
A herbivore-like nation that put an end to troubled times
Around 900-1000 AD
Founding of the Song Dynasty
The birth of the carnivore-like immigrant nation, the Liao Dynasty
Around 950-1000 AD
The Oath of Jeonyeon
The birth of the Jin Dynasty, a nation of immigrant peoples resembling apex predators
Around 1100-1150
Song-Geum War
The Awakening of the Mongol Empire, an Overwhelming Nation
Around 1200-1300
The fall of the Song Dynasty

Episode 8: Yuan
The Mongol Empire and the Yuan Dynasty, overwhelmingly powerful countries
Around 1200-1280
Founding of the Yuan Dynasty
Kublai Khan, who pressured the east and south
Around 1280-1300
Kublai Khan's expedition
The weakness of an overwhelmingly strong nation and the shadow of its glory
Around 1280-1350
The Yuan Dynasty's succession dispute
Charismatic religious leader Zhu Yuanzhang and the founding of the Ming Dynasty
Around 1350-1370
Expulsion of the Yuan Dynasty from China

Episode 9: Ming
A leader with leadership skills, Director Zhu, emerges.
Around 1300-1370
Zhu Yuanzhang's founding of the Ming Dynasty
Director Joo's sudden transformation
Around 1370-1400
The tyranny of the director
Emperor Yongle laid the foundation for the Ming Dynasty
Around 1400-1430
Emperor Yongle's reign
The north is a place teeming with immigrants, and the south is a place teeming with pirates.
Around 1450-1600
North Road South Road
Ghostly guys come down from the north
Around 1600-1650
Fall of the Ming Dynasty

Episode 10: Qing
The Qing Dynasty, which arose from the invasion of foreign tribes
Around 1100-1650
The Manchus' founding of the Qing Dynasty
The greatest emperor in Chinese history, Emperor Kangxi
Around 1660-1720
Kangxi Emperor's reign
China's most prosperous era in history
Around 1720-1800
Developments during the Yongzheng and Qianlong eras
The war over the dangerous drug opium begins.
Around 1800-1840
Opium Wars
A man who failed his exams turns China into hell.
1830-1860
Taiping Rebellion
A 'sleeping lion' battered by war
Around 1850-1900
The partition of China by the great powers
A group that seeks to save the country with invincible martial arts
Around 1900
Boxer Rebellion
The fall of the Qing Dynasty and the end of 2,000 years of Chinese tradition.
Around 1910
The fall of the Qing Dynasty

Episode 11: Republic of China
Let's become a powerful nation that stands shoulder to shoulder with the world's great powers.
Around 1910
Establishment of the Republic of China
A dictator who abandoned the ideals of the Republic of China
Around 1910-1920
Yuan Shikai's seizure of power
Dreaming of building an ideal Republic of China once again
Around 1920-1925
Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang
Let's create a paradise where everyone can be equally happy.
Around 1925-1930
Mao Zedong and the Communist Party
The battle between Sun Yat-sen's forces and those who dream of paradise
Around 1930-1935
First Chinese Civil War
Losing territory to Japan, which was waiting for an opportunity
Around 1931-1936
Manchurian Incident
The Sino-Japanese War finally breaks out
Around 1937-1945
Sino-Japanese War
The Second Battle Between Sun Yat-sen's Forces and the Forces Dreaming of Paradise
Around 1945-1950
Second Chinese Civil War

Episode 12: People's Republic of China
A country where everyone can be equally happy is born in China.
Around 1930-1950
Establishment of the People's Republic of China
Let's make China a wealthy and powerful country in one fell swoop.
Around 1950-1960
Great Leap Forward policy
Suddenly, enthusiastic students rush at the adults.
Around 1960-1980
Cultural Revolution
Deng Xiaoping, who laid the foundation for modern China
Around 1975-1990
Reform and Opening
The course of the People's Republic of China, a superpower
Around 2000~present
China's economic growth

Chapter 5: Countries That Shook the World

Episode 1: The Mongol Empire
The awakening of a country that is too dangerous for anyone to see
Around 1200-1230
The first Genghis Khan
Laying the foundation for the most powerful nation in human history
Around 1230-1240
2nd Ogedei Khan
Continuous invasion of neighboring countries
Around 1250-1260
4th Mongke Khan
It's so big that it's splitting apart
Around 1260-1300
The 5th Kublai Khan

Episode 2: The British Empire
A full-scale counterattack during the Age of Exploration
Around 1600-1720
War of Spanish Succession
Make a fortune with devilish trade
Around 1700-1800
British slave trade
Get a convenient piece of land to imprison prisoners
Around 1760-1790
American independence and Australian colonization
Britain became a wealthy and powerful nation thanks to Napoleon
Around 1800-1820
Acquisition of Cape Colony
Queen Victoria, a symbol of the prosperity of the British Empire
Around 1830-1900
Asia Strategy in the Victorian Era
Begin to trample the African continent
Around 1860-1900
Africa Transcontinental Policy
It's so big that it seems like it's going to split apart.
Around 1900-1920
Westminster Charter
The worst war casualties in British history
1930s to present
Battle of Britain

Episode 3: Soviet Union
Let's bring down the Russian Empire
Around 1900-1920
The Second Russian Revolution and the Establishment of the Soviet Union
Let's create a country where everyone can be equally happy.
Around 1920-1925
Lenin's reforms in the Soviet Union
Let's work harder to create a country where everyone is equally happy.
Around 1925
Soviet reforms under Stalin
A country where everyone is equal demonstrates its strengths.
Around 1930
Five-Year Plan and the Great Purge
Embroiled in a world war and on the verge of destruction
Around 1930-1945
World War II and the German-Soviet War
The world is divided into two, each keeping the other in check.
Around 1945-1985
Khrushchev's criticism of Stalin
The situation is so difficult in many ways that it is necessary to abolish the country.
Around 1985-1991
Gorbachev's perestroika

Episode 4: America
America was born through an unusual process
Around 1750-1800
American independence
The present-day United States is almost complete
Around 1800-1850
American territorial expansion
A dangerous battle breaks out within the United States.
Around 1850-1900
Civil War
The sprout of the most powerful nation in human history is sprouting.
Around 1900-1920s
The Golden Twenties
Depression and war rocked America.
Around 1930-1945
The Great Depression and World War II
The birth of perhaps the most powerful nation in human history
Around 1945~present
The world's policeman, the United States

Episode 5 Japan
A modern reform that completely overturned the game
Around 1850-1880
Meiji Restoration
The Undefeated Island Nation: The Beginning of Imperial Japan
Around 1890-1920
Sino-Japanese War, Russo-Japanese War
When poverty sets in, people start to become more aggressive.
Around 1920-1940
The Great Depression and the Manchurian Incident
start a reckless war
Around 1940~present
Defeat in the Pacific War

In conclusion
References

With over 700 maps and illustrations,
The flow of world history and major figures
In my head!

It's easy to think of history as a subject to be memorized and try to understand it lightly by just memorizing the years and terms.
But history is not that simple.
Because history has a flow that influences each other.
For example, we can take the Great Migration of the Germanic peoples.
The Huns' invasion caused a chain reaction of migrations among various peoples, culminating in the invasion of the Germanic peoples into the Roman Empire.
And so began the era called the 'Middle Ages'.
In this way, we must also carefully examine the surroundings and the correlation between them.

This book is organized with over 700 maps and illustrations to help readers easily understand the flow of history and key figures on each continent.
Although we are only looking at the overall historical flow of countries that have had a tremendous impact on the world, such as Europe, the Middle East, India, and China, it will be enough to give you a brief taste of world history.


The first step toward learning world history

Chapter 1 examines Europe, a region that has never been unified throughout human history.
Because there was a considerable period of time during which each country watched and checked the other, it can be said that the history of Europe is characterized by a constant state of battle.


Chapter 2 deals with the Middle East, which was once the world's most advanced region when Mesopotamian civilization developed, but which became a pariah after Alexander the Great's swept through, attacked by Europe, the Mongol Empire, and interfered with by Russia, Britain, and the United States.


Chapter 3 examines the history of India, a land that seems mysteriously transcendent, yet in fact plagued by the vicissitudes of this world.
Although it is surrounded by mountains to the north and east and blocked by the sea to the south, the west is wide open, so it has been continuously invaded by foreign powers since the time of Alexander the Great.
But today's India is vast and historically quite unique.

Chapter 4 examines the flow of Chinese history, which regularly features the unique event of "unification of the world."
The repeated occurrence of unification from ancient times to the present is a remarkable phenomenon that is difficult to find anywhere in the world.
However, whenever China becomes unified, a dictator with absolute power emerges, so this unique Chinese system may be difficult to understand using only Western theories and common sense.


Chapter 5 examines the great powers that have had a significant impact on world history.
These are the Mongol Empire, Britain, the Soviet Union, the United States, and Japan.
In fact, if you look at the world map, these countries are countries that have secured the wrong regions.
Isn't this the law of success in this world to solidify your backing and then move forward slowly?