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《人类的故事》让听众置身于宏达的历史画卷中，从远古的滚滚长河穿越埃及和美索不达米亚文明，历经希腊与罗马时代的辉煌……《人類的故事》讓聽眾置身於宏達的歷史畫卷中，從遠古的滾滾長河穿越埃及和美索不達米亞文明，歷經希臘與羅馬時代的輝煌…… 

The Story of Mankind revolutionized former methods of telling history. It received the first Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. Nevertheless, critics and public alike hailed it as a book for all ages. Van Loon recounts history as living news, relating everything in the past to the present. He writes informally, making world history wonderfully alive and exciting.

The Story of Mankind by Hendrik van Loon was written to teach young people the history of the human race in an engaging way, in order to encourage them to investigate further. Published in 1921, the book was awarded the Newbery Medal for an outstanding contribution to children's literature the next year. The author considered the findings of anthropology and the record of history in the development of civilization from the rise of the caveman to the 20th century.