Contents

Articles 

The State of the Common Man as Reflected in the Pamphlets of the German Peasants’ War /Zhu Xiaoyuan (1)

On the Authorship of an 18th Century French Writing: Montesquieu or Fréret /Xu Minglong (22)

Contact between China and Africa before Vasco da Gama: Archeology, Document and Historiography /Li Anshan (34)

From the Punjab to the Bund: Sikh Policemen in Motion /Cao Yin (60)

Pathfinder 

Lin Zhichun’s Contributions to the Study of Ancient World History in China /Yan Shaoxiang (85)

Review Article 

Parallels and Connections: Consumption, Environment, and State Formation at Both Ends of Eurasia, 1500-1900 /Wang Wensheng (100)

Book Reviews 

Zhang Qianhong, The History of Israel /Ma Danjing (121)

Che Xiaomei, A Study of Globalization and Urban Development in the Middle East /Zhao Wenliang (123)