For the first time in the history of science, this book presents an illustrated introduction to the global history of psychology, covering the development of psychology in Asia, Africa, America and Europe from a person- and countryspecific perspective, beginning with paleopsychology and continuing through European antiquity and the Middle Ages to the present day. Readers interested in the global history of psychology will learn that psychology has been practised in many cultures around the world for centuries and will discover both the positive and negative aspects of psychology. A comprehensive bibliography and an appendix on historical psychological research methods and theories round off the book.