In the new volume of the carefully worked, intelligible and incredibly funny "World History," Larry Gonik's mischievous pencil manages to tell about the leading civilizations of the Ancient World - from India and China to Rome and its northern neighbors. He makes the reader properly recall the school material, dwelling in detail on key events and figures of antiquity. Since it was in this era that many of the major world religions were born, Gonik pays attention to Jesus Christ, Confucius, Buddha and other great personalities whose teachings survived the centuries, but portrays them as ordinary people who sought to attract followers in their spiritual quest, but did not shy away from the simple joys of life.