World History · 世界歷史
World History 世界歷史
Turning points that changed how many people lived, one question at a time: a 3D history globe, a timeline that shows what was happening in other places at the same moment, and an honest look at how we know.
改變了很多人生活的轉折點，一課問一個問題：3D 歷史地球儀、看得到「同一個時間，別的地方在做什麼」的時間軸，還有老實交代「我們怎麼知道」。
World history is too big to finish. This series does not try. It picks turning points, the moments that changed how many people lived, and asks one question in each lesson: Why did people start farming? What traveled along the Silk Road? Why did ships sail around the world?
世界歷史太大，講不完。這個系列不打算講完，只挑轉折點——那些改變了很多人生活的時刻——每一課問一個問題：人為什麼開始種田？絲路上走的是什麼？船為什麼要繞地球一圈？
Every lesson has a parallel timeline with seven lanes, so you can see what was happening in other parts of the world at the same time, and four cards that never change: How do we know? Different accounts. History English. And Taiwan at that time, which ties the wider world back to this island.
每一課都有一條分成七條線的平行時間軸，讓你看到同一個時間世界其他地方在做什麼；還有四張固定的卡：「我們怎麼知道？」「不同的說法」「歷史英語」，以及把世界接回這座島的「那時候的台灣」。
The lessons are written in English with a Chinese translation beside every paragraph, for upper elementary and junior high students, for teachers of bilingual classes, and for anyone who is curious. The series stops around the year 2000; what came after is still too close to see clearly.
課文用英文寫，每一段旁邊都有中文翻譯，給國小高年級到國中的學生、雙語課的老師，以及所有好奇的人。全系列寫到西元 2000 年前後為止；之後的事離現在太近，還看不清楚。
5 of 28 lessons are ready so far; more are on the way.
目前完成 5 課（共規劃 28 課），持續增加中。
Unit 1 · 單元一
Human Beginnings 人類的開始
How people spread across the world, why they began to farm, why they invented writing, and why the first cities grew beside rivers.
人類怎麼走到世界各地、為什麼開始種田、為什麼發明文字，以及最早的城市為什麼都在河邊。
How Did Humans Spread Across the World?
人類怎麼走到世界各地？Pull a time slider and watch people spread from Africa across a 3D globe. Lower the sea to ice-age levels to find the land bridges, click the places where the evidence was found, and see why every date in this story begins with “about.”拉動時間滑桿，在 3D 地球儀上看人類從非洲走到世界各地。把海面降到冰河時期的高度找出陸橋，點一點發現證據的地方，看看為什麼這個故事裡的每一個年代前面都有「大約」。Start the lesson · 開始上課 →Why Did People Start Farming?
人為什麼開始種田？Follow one river valley through a year: foragers who move with the seasons on one bank, an early farming village on the other. Then see on a map how farming began separately in many parts of the world, and weigh what people gained and what they gave up.跟著一座河谷過一年：一岸是跟著季節搬家的採集狩獵者，另一岸是早期的農村。再從地圖上看農業怎麼在世界上好幾個地方各自開始，並且想一想人們得到了什麼、又放棄了什麼。Start the lesson · 開始上課 →Why Did People Invent Writing?
人為什麼發明文字？Press number signs into a clay tablet in 3D, the way a scribe in ancient Mesopotamia kept accounts. Then find on a map the few places where writing began on its own, and discover the trick that let pictures write down names and speech.在 3D 泥板上壓出數字記號，像古代美索不達米亞的書吏那樣記帳。再從地圖上找出文字各自開始的幾個地方，並發現讓圖畫能寫下名字和說話的那個訣竅。Start the lesson · 開始上課 →Why Did the First Cities Grow Beside Rivers?
最早的城市為什麼都在河邊？Raise the Great Pyramid course by course in 3D and test four ideas about how its blocks were lifted. Then find on a map the rivers where the first cities grew, and sort out what a river gave a city, and what trouble it brought.在 3D 裡一層一層蓋起大金字塔，試試四種「石頭怎麼運上去」的想法。再從地圖上找出最早的城市長在哪些河邊，分一分河帶給城市什麼、又帶來什麼麻煩。Start the lesson · 開始上課 →Unit 2 · 單元二
Ideas of the Classical Age 古典時代的想法
Greek citizens, Roman roads, the Qin and Han empires, and the beginning and spread of Buddhism.
希臘的公民、羅馬的道路、秦與漢的統一，以及佛教的開始與傳播。
What Did the Greeks Start?
希臘人開了什麼頭？Watch the people of Attica in 3D and find out how few of them could climb the Pnyx hill to vote. Decide who could vote in Athens, and test two ancient readings of the rule for sending a man away for ten years.在 3D 裡看看阿提卡的居民，發現能走上普尼克斯山投票的人有多少。判斷誰能在雅典投票，再試試「把一個人送走十年」那條規則的兩種古代讀法。Start the lesson · 開始上課 →How Did Rome Hold an Empire Together?
羅馬怎麼管住那麼大的地方？How Did Qin and Han Unite China?
秦和漢怎麼統一中國？How Did Buddhism Begin and Travel?
佛教怎麼開始、怎麼傳出去？Unit 3 · 單元三
A World of Roads 路上的世界
What moved along the Silk Road, how two world religions began and spread, who kept knowledge alive, and what life was like in a castle.
絲路上走的是什麼、兩個世界宗教怎麼開始與傳開、誰把知識保存下來，以及住在城堡裡是什麼樣子。
What Traveled Along the Silk Road?
絲路上走的是什麼？How Did Christianity and Islam Begin and Spread?
基督宗教和伊斯蘭教怎麼開始、怎麼傳開？Who Kept Knowledge Alive?
誰把知識保存下來？What Was Life Like in a Castle?
住在城堡裡是什麼樣子？Unit 4 · 單元四
Many Worlds 各地的世界
Trading kingdoms in Africa, cities and mountain roads in the Americas, inventions and voyages from China, and two ways of crossing great distances: the steppe and the open Pacific.
非洲的貿易王國、美洲的城市與山路、中國的發明與遠航，以及跨越遠距離的兩種路：草原和太平洋。
How Did Gold and Salt Build Kingdoms in Africa?
黃金和鹽怎麼在非洲建起王國？What Did the Maya, Aztecs, and Inca Build?
馬雅、阿茲特克、印加蓋了什麼？What Did China Invent, and Where Did Zheng He Sail?
中國發明了什麼？鄭和的船去了哪裡？How Did the Mongols and the Pacific Navigators Cross Such Distances?
蒙古人和太平洋的航海者怎麼跨過那麼遠的距離？Unit 5 · 單元五
The World Connects (about 1400–1800) 世界連起來（約 1400–1800）
A printing press, ships that circled the globe, the crops, animals, diseases, and people that crossed the oceans, and the scientists who said the Earth moves.
一台印刷機、繞地球一圈的船、漂洋過海的作物、動物、疾病與人，以及說地球在動的科學家。
How Did a Printing Press Change Europe?
一台印刷機怎麼改變歐洲？Why Did Ships Sail Around the World?
船為什麼要繞地球一圈？What Crossed the Ocean?
什麼東西漂洋過海？Who Dared to Say the Earth Moves?
誰敢說地球在動？Unit 6 · 單元六
An Age of Revolutions (about 1750–1914) 革命的時代（約 1750–1914）
Rights written down, steam and factories, empires that ruled much of the world, and the people who fought to be free and equal.
寫下來的權利、蒸汽與工廠、統治了大半個世界的帝國，以及為自由與平等奮鬥的人。
What Do “Rights” Mean?
「權利」是什麼意思？How Did Steam Change Everything?
蒸汽怎麼改變了一切？Why Did a Few Countries Rule So Much of the World?
為什麼少數幾個國家統治了那麼多地方？Who Fought to Be Free and Equal?
誰為了自由和平等而奮鬥？Unit 7 · 單元七
The Twentieth Century 二十世紀
Two world wars, the Cold War and the end of empires, and how the world became so closely connected. The series ends around the year 2000.
兩次世界大戰、冷戰與殖民帝國的結束，以及世界怎麼變得這麼緊密。全系列寫到西元 2000 年前後。
Why Was It Called the Great War?
為什麼叫做「大戰」？What Happened in World War II?
第二次世界大戰發生了什麼？What Was the Cold War?
冷戰是什麼？How Did the World Become So Connected?
世界怎麼變得這麼緊密？How This Series Is Written · 這個系列怎麼寫
Six promises 六個約定
History is easy to bend. These are the rules every lesson follows, so that you can check us against them.
歷史很容易被寫歪。下面是每一課都遵守的約定，寫出來，讓你可以拿它來檢查我們。
Facts with sources, and no side taken只寫查得到出處的事實，不替立場說話
Each lesson lists where its facts come from. Where historians disagree, the accounts are set side by side and the lesson does not pick a winner.
每一課都列出事實的出處。歷史學家看法不同的地方，把說法並列，不替誰下結論。No center, and no ranking沒有中心，也不排名
Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and Oceania all have lessons of their own. No people are called advanced or backward; each lesson asks how people answered the place and the problems they had.
非洲、亞洲、美洲、歐洲、大洋洲都有自己的課。不說哪一群人「先進」或「落後」，只問每個地方的人怎麼回應自己的環境和難題。Religions are told as history宗教當作歷史來寫
The lessons keep three things apart: what believers hold, what tradition says, and what written and archaeological sources show. Every faith is treated with respect, and none is compared with another.
課文把三件事分開：信徒相信的、傳統上說的、文獻與考古顯示的。每一種信仰都受到尊重，彼此不比較高下。Hard history is included困難的歷史也寫
Slavery, colonial rule, world wars, and genocide are part of the story. The lessons say what happened, why it matters, and how people remember it, without graphic detail. Where estimates differ, they are shown together with their sources.
奴隸貿易、殖民統治、世界大戰、大屠殺都是歷史的一部分。課文講發生了什麼、為什麼重要、後來的人怎麼記得，不描寫血腥細節；數字有不同估計時，連同出處一起並列。Maps are approximate, and say so地圖只畫大約，而且會說明
Old empires and old routes had no sharp edges. The globe shows rough extents with their dates and sources, and never draws today's borders onto the past.
古代的帝國和路線沒有清楚的邊。地球儀上只畫大約的範圍，標明年代與依據，不把今天的國界畫進古代。The story can change故事會被修改
New finds overturn old dates. The lessons say “about,” “researchers estimate,” and “the evidence so far” because that is the honest state of what is known.
新的發現會推翻舊的年代。課文寫「大約」「研究者估計」「目前的證據顯示」，因為這才是我們所知道的真實狀態。