In its broadest sense, history denotes the whole of the human past.

从广义来说，历史是指人类过去的全部。

No matter who or what, all living things are  bound and connected by this intrinsic existential quality of suffering, in its broadest sense.

无论是谁或什么，从最广泛的意义上讲，所有生物都受到这种内在的苦难存在品质的束缚和联系。

In contrast to the study of history based on war, economics and political power (what some call " chaps and maps" ), " The Earth Transformed" aims to put climate in its broadest sense at the centre of the story.

与基于战争、经济和政治权力（有些人称之为“章节和地图”）的历史研究相反，“地球变了”旨在将最广泛意义上的气候置于故事的中心。