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Part Ⅰ The Emergence of Human Communities,to 500 B.C.E

1 Nature,Humanity,and History,to 3500B.C.E

2 The First River-Valley Civilizations,3500–1500B.C.E

3 The Mediterranean and Middle East,2000–500 B.C.E

4 New Civilizations Outside the West Asian Core Area,2300B.C.E.–350 C.E

Part Ⅱ The Formation of New Cultural Communities,1000B.C.E.–400 C.E

5 Greece and Iran,1000–30 B.C.E

6 An Age of Empires:Rome and Han China,753 B.C.E.–330 C.E

7 India and Southeast Asia,1500B.C.E.–1025C.E

8 Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas,from 1200B.C.E

Part Ⅲ Growth and Interaction of Cultural Communities,300 B.C.E.–1200C.E

9 Networks of Communication and Exchange,300 B.C.E.–1100C.E

10 The Sasanid Empire and the Rise of Islam,200–1200

11 Christian Societies Emerge in Europe,600–1200

12 Inner and East Asia,400–1200

Part Ⅳ Interregional Patterns of Culture and Contact,1200–1550

13 Mongol Eurasia and Its Aftermath,1200–1550

14 Latin Europe,1200–1500

15 Southern Empires,Southern Seas,1200–1500

16 The Maritime Revolution,to 1550

Part Ⅴ The Globe Encompassed,1500–1750

17 Transformations in Europe,1500–1750

18 The Diversity of American Colonial Societies,1530–1770

19 The Atlantic System and Africa,1550–1800

20 Between Europe and China,1500–1750

21 East Asia in Global Perspective

Part Ⅵ Revolutions Reshape the World,1750–1870

22 The Early Industrial Revolution,1760–1851

23 Revolutionary Changes in the Atlantic World,1750–1850

24 Land Empires in the Age of Imperialism,1800–1870

25 Nation Building and Economic Transformation in the Americas,1800–1890

Part Ⅶ Global Diversity and Dominance,1750–1945

26 Varieties of Imperialism in Africa,India,Southeast Asia,and Latin America,1750–1914

27 The New Power Balance,1850–1900

28 The Crisis of the Imperial Order,1900–1929

29 Revolutions in Living,1900–1950

30 The Collapse of the Old Order,1929–1949

Part Ⅷ Perils and Promises of a Global Community,1945to the Present

31 The Cold War and Decolonization,1945–1975

32 The End of the Cold War and the Challenge of Economic Development and Immigration,1975–2000

33 New Challenges in a New Millennium

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