Historical Details (all five volumes)

The Details of History (all five volumes)

The wheel, the stirrup, the bow and arrow, the gunpowder and the sailboat, on the timeline of history, each artifact has its own story worth telling. They triggered national changes and caused collisions between different civilizations, thus forming the history of human civilization. This is also the mystery and interest of history.

This book is the first volume in the "Details of History" series. It tells the story of how humans have improved and used the wheel since it was first invented, as well as the course of nations, wars, and civilizations that have arisen from it, and it tells the relationship between the wheel and human civilization. From wheels to chariots and roads, from horse-drawn carriages to sedan chairs, wheelbarrows and cars, from the collapse of the ritual system in the Spring and Autumn Period to the modern industrial revolution. It can be said that the wheel brought great ideological enlightenment and technological revolution to mankind.

Details of History (all five volumes)

Du Junli, a native of Guanzhong, is a general history writer. His major works include: "Details of History" (five volumes), "The Course of Modernity", "New Food and Goods Records", "The Consolation of History", etc. Among them, "The Course of Modernity" won the 2016 Chinese Book Review Special Award and was recommended by the "12th Wenjin Book Award".