本书以人类历史为主干，取材于历史，又尊重历史，按照主题划分的形式进行编排，以通俗易懂的散文化表述，追求一种和谐而有趣味的阅读快感。它以时间为经，以历史名人和重大历史事件为纬，通过一个个栩栩如生的历史人物勾画人类文明发展的踪迹，通过一个个精彩鲜活的历史故事展现五千年世界历史风貌。( This book gives priority to the human history with materials from and respect to the history. This book is edited based on topic segmentation with illustration in easy-to-understand language, pursing a harmonious and joyful reading. It takes the time as the longitude and historical figures & major historical events as the latitude to sketch the development of human civilization with vivid historical figures and to demonstrate the historical style of 5000 years with vivid historical events. )