Part 1: The Earliest “Civilizations”
Chapter 1: The Ancient Near East and Ancient Egypt (ca. 3500–ca. 300 BCE)
Chapter 2: Classical India (ca. 3000 BCE–ca. 600 CE)
Chapter 3: Early China (ca. 9000–221 BCE)
Part 2: The First Empires
Chapter 4: Ancient Greece (ca. 2000–ca. 30 BCE)
Chapter 5: The Roman Imperium (ca. 1200 BCE–ca. 400 CE)
Chapter 6: Classical China (221 BCE–ca. 900 CE)
Part 3: The Challenges of Empire
Chapter 7: The Late Antique Mediterranean World (ca. 300–ca. 1000 CE)
Chapter 8: The Classical Islamic World (ca. 600–ca. 1400 CE)