近来,一些地区的高考模拟试题和历史类教学期刊上的文章,均涉及到“16世纪前后,人类历史发生了重大转折,其‘转折’主要指什么”的问题。通过教学我认为这个问题归纳起来,主要有三种观点:(1)“世界各民族的历史逐步融合为一部统一的人类历史”;(2)“封建主义开始向资本主义时代 Recently, in some areas, the college entrance examination simulation questions and the articles in the history teaching journals all refer to the issue of “a major turning point in human history before and after the 16th century. Through teaching, I think that this issue has been summed up. There are three major viewpoints: (1) “The history of the various nations of the world has gradually merged into a unified human history”; (2) "The feudalism has begun to move toward the age of capitalism.