《World History Studies》Volume 4,Number 2,December 2017

Contents

　　Articles

　　A Study of the Mercenary Medjay in Ancient Egypt /Wang Liang (1)

　　The Silk Road and Its Impact on Economy and Society of the Ancient World /Jia Congjiang (13)

　　The Use and Disuse of French in Medieval England /Zhang Shanglian and Shi Gengshan (26)

　　Constructing a New Political Category: Robespierre and the Theory of Revolutionary Government /Hervé Leuwers (45)

　　Standpoint

　　The October Revolution: The Beginning of a New Era /Cao Changsheng (58)

　　Pathfinders

　　Liu Wenpeng’s Contributions to the Study of Ancient World History in China /Wang Haili (65)

　　With a Pragmatic Aspiration, to a Comprehensive Scholarship: Review of Zhu Jieqin and His Studies of the History of China’s Foreign Relations /Xu Hong and Ma Jianchun (72)

　　Review Article

　　The Study of China–Africa Relations in China: A Historiographical Survey /Li Anshan (87)

　　Book Reviews

　　Gu Luanzhai, A Comparative Study of the Tax Systems of Medieval China and Western Europe /Shi Cheng (110)

　　Zhang Jianhua, Empire in Storm: Russia in the Eve of Revolutions /Cheng Yinghong (115)

　　Su Ching, Casting Instead of Carving: The Development of Missionaries and Chinese Printing /Lee Chinyun (119)

　　Tang Ke, Liberty and Authority: The Tension in American Right-Wing Movement after World War II / Ma Wanli (121)

　　Yu Zhan, Non-violence Direct Action and American Civil Rights Movement /Zhang Jinrui (124)