文明的步伐（英文版）

　　Steps of Civilization is a concise reference bOOK With entries onmajor events in Chinese and foreign civilizations oaring from remoteant，query to the eany20century。
　　The entries are objectively presented oased on recorus from historicaldocuments published in China and abroad，andthecomDilers navealsconsultedauthoritativeacademic WORKS and reference books。
　　The some 1500 entries discuss briefly the developments of histoncevents incluaing their backgrounds aria results， and information onDersonages sucn as their times， aeeas ana influence， The entriesof Chinese civilization and those ofothcivilzations are listed sideoy sioe n a cnronological order Presenting Chinese civilizationn a global prsoective， we nape this may eaa to a comparativeunaerstandng of Chinese and Western civiizations。