By identifying the moments and individuals who truly contributed with their decisions and courage, their generosity and mistakes, to the shaping of their historical tomorrow, historian Sarantos Kargakos summarizes a tumultuous history of almost three thousand years. Without referring only to the events themselves, but also to their social, political, and cultural environment, he outlines a sober trajectory above the constant movement of societies, states, and empires, from ancient China, Japan, and Egypt to classical Greece and the Hellenistic Times, and from Rome and Byzantium to the European Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the achievements of the Western World, but also the turmoil of the World Wars of the previous century. Written to be read by everyone (and not to decorate another shelf in the living room library), Sarantos Kargakos' History aspires to illuminate the past, while also drawing lessons for today and tomorrow of our country, and not only.