The various chapter essays outlining roughly 5,000 years of Armenian history were written by Anna Arevshatyan, Gérard Dédéyan, Gevork Jahukyan, Archbishop Mesrob Krikorian, Gerard Libaridian, Very Rev. Fr. Krikor Maksoudian, Anahide Ter Minassian, Seta Claire Mouradian, Hagop Nersoyan, Marc Nichanian, Vahé Oshagan, and Richard D. Wilkinson.

Chapter topics include the earliest inhabitants of the areas historically occupied by Armenians since 3000 B.C.; the Armenian language as a source of history of the Armenian people; the Avarayr War; the Vartanantz War; Arab domination; Cilicia Armenia; Armenia as situated between Persian, Ottoman, and Turkmen-Mongol advances; Armenian cultural revival in the 19th and 20th century; the rise of the Armenian nation during the turn of the 19th and 20th century; the Armenian Genocide; Armenian culture throughout the diaspora, Soviet Armenian history, Soviet Armenian literature, and Armenian music through the centuries. The text is accompanied by a foreword by Richard Norsigian and an introduction by Hagop Daniel Mouradian.

The publication team includes Executive Production Editor Alice Nigoghosian, Executive Editor Richard Norsigian, and Executive Editorial and Design Coordinator Hagop Daniel Mouradian.